How to Use pare in a Sentence

pare

verb

• They pared the stray branches on the tree.
• The company has to find a way to pare expenses.
• The Dow has since pared its losses and is back in the green.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• The plan now is to pare things back a bit and get back to the basics.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2019
• At that point, the bank will begin to pare back on its rate hikes.
  — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2022
• The movement to pare back the role of police isn't a monolith, though.
  — CNN, 17 June 2020
• Janet Yellen is set to announce the start of the Fed’s move to pare its balance sheet.
  — Maggie Day, Bloomberg.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• The star, 31, pared back the rest of her look with neutral make-up and loose waves through her brunette hair.
  — Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• Plop on a potato, peel it and pare it in 10 seconds flat!
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 20 Apr. 2021
• Do as Marie Kondo says and pare your things down to just those that bring you joy.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2022
• The firm still faces pressure to pare back its $120 billion debt pile.
  — Bloomberg.com, 15 Nov. 2020
• Stanford — will open play against the winner of a first-round game that will pare the field to 32.
  — Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2021
• The changes were the latest in a slew of freeway projects ODOT has pared down in the face of a funding shortfall.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2023
• That was later pared back to the 95 net acres included in the appraisal.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
• The Blackhawks had pared down in a rebuild that gave them better odds in the lottery.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
• The first step is to pare back ingredient lists and stick with what will last.
  — Christopher Ross, WSJ, 3 June 2020
• That’s got to be tough to pare down, when your house is just bulging with Amazon product.
  — Luke Winkie, Vox, 14 June 2019
• This step-by-step guide will help you to pare it down to the places that really matter to you.
  — Jenny Earnest, Outside Online, 2 May 2020
• Things had to be pared back — the offensive made more simple.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• This comes as Zaslav tries to pare down the company’s debt.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
• The editors pare them down to mere minutes for each episode.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022
• With a shirt this bold, your instinct might be to pare down the rest of your outfit and keep things simple.
  — Yang-Yi Goh, GQ, 24 Apr. 2018
• As the album pared down to the basics, Swift embraced her acoustic roots.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• Many at the time assumed the move was designed to pare down the company's workforce.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2020
• Pelosi has already shown little desire to pare back the price tag.
  — Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• Use a wire stripping tool to pare back about ¾ inch of the insulation.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
• Large banks had already pared by $267 billion at that point.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023
• This finding pared down the list of suspects and paved the way for future criminal charges.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• The Clippers scored only three points over the final five minutes of the first quarter, and their lead was pared to six.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
• Test fit each joint and, if necessary, lightly pare down the tenon for a proper fit.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024