'spare' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'spare' with 20 example sentences.
- spare adjective
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: thin and fit
: more than is needed, desired, or required
: not taken up by scheduled activities
: kept in reserve especially for emergency use
: lacking in magnitude or quantity
: lacking embellishment or ornamentation
- spare noun
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: an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
: an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
: a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- spare verb
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: refrain from harming
: save or relieve from an experience or action
: give up what is not strictly needed
: use frugally or carefully
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
In my spare time, I write articles for my blog.
They knew that they had no time to spare.
I translate books in my spare time.
Hey, buddy, can you spare some change?
They do that in their spare time.
I'll do that in my spare time.
I have a spare key.
Can you spare me a few minutes?
He enjoys wandering around the forest in his spare time.
Does your car have a spare tire?
He examined the spare parts one after another.
I play the guitar in my spare time.
Your lives will be spared if you surrender.
Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
He is making spare parts in a car factory.
We have a spare room.
I cannot buy spare parts for this car.
We have time to spare.
She devoted all her spare time to fishing.