On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Spare. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as unnecessary or free and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Spare in a sentence
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Spare meaning
- Extra.
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
Synonyms of Spare
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Using Spare
- The main meaning on this page is: Extra. | Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous. | Extra.
- Useful related words include: unnecessary, unneeded, free, bare.
- Possible Dutch translations are: sparen.
- In the example corpus, spare often appears in combinations such as: to spare, spare time, memoir spare.
Example sentences (20)
The spare apparatus fleet comprises six spare engines, three spare ladders, one spare tac, and three spare district chief's units.
A space saver is a compact spare wheel that is a smaller and lighter than a traditional spare tyre.
She said: "I put a message in the sports club and said 'he's not very well and the thing he's said to me is that he's sat in the spare room on a borrowed chair from someone with a spare TV.
Accumulating meal debt can have real consequences: some kids skip meals to spare their family the financial burden of paying for their lunches – or to spare themselves the shame that is sometimes placed on students who can’t pay for their meals.
Another bombshell came almost a year later with the publication of the duke’s best-selling memoir, Spare, with the title being a reference to what he claimed was his place as a ‘spare heir’.
And whilst we spare a thought for the designer, let us also spare another one for the voter, having to go through those hundred names, symbols and pictures — to choose just one President!
The spare tire mount may not be strong enough and the spare tire may detach from the trailer.
The Soviets quickly loaded one complete F-5E, along with two complete spare engines, any and all spare parts, and all ground support equipment onto a waiting Soviet cargo ship.
According to additional information obtained by “Spiegel”, a company controlled by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is reportedly planning to supply spare parts for Russian Su-27 fighter jets and other models.
After watching them for many hours, he suddenly couldn’t spare another minute to make sure?
All three were initially charged conspiracy to steal, following a spare of incidents in 2019 and 2020.
And in his memoir Spare, he details the moment he plucked up the courage to broach the subject with his granny - and her 'cryptic' nine-word response.
Andrew, like Harry, was the ‘spare’, second in line to the throne until Prince William was born in 1982 and replaced him in the succession.
And spare a thought for Sarah Dyke herself.
And the goal would be to match a younger person who needs somewhere to live with an older person or couple in possession of a spare room.
And then travel essentials such as a water bottle, microfiber towels, an underwater camera, tripod, collapsible tupperware and a spare phone (which we were grateful for when one of ours was stolen in Brazil).
And with two timeouts to spare, there was no question that a timeout should be called to allow the Cats to set up a play, catch their breath and, most importantly, set themselves up for the best chance to score.
Andy Farrell’s men head to Paris for the standout fixture in Pool B seeking to secure a spot in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with a fixture to spare.
A new award has been launched in memory of Brown, who was a stalwart of the festival and enjoyed making films in his spare time.
Anne, who has not been embroiled in the furore over Harry's book Spare, was the most popular royal.
Common combinations with spare
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to spare 47×
- spare time 23×
- memoir spare 19×
- the spare 14×
- her spare 12×
- spare parts 10×
- his spare 8×
- spare room 7×
- of spare 7×
- spare the 7×