spare a thought for
idiom
: to think about
You should spare a thought for those who are less fortunate than you.
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Then spare a thought for the heroic judges at this year’s World Cheese Awards, who assembled on Thursday to anoint an aged Swiss Gruyère as the best cheese in the world for 2025.
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
See the best and worst moments of the night — and spare a thought for the actresses whose ribcages were crushed in the name of fashion — in our roundup of the highs, lows and yikes of the Emmys.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
So spare a thought for Prince Archie, aged five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
—Claire Cohen, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Although there are exceptions who also criticize Hamas and spare a thought for the hostages.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
But spare a thought for those of us plying this honest trade in 2025.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
But spare a thought for Father Sexton, a mouse of the cloth.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 June 2024
Along with the generals and the paratroopers, the pilots and the infantrymen, spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have played the most important role of all in making the D-Day landings a success.
—Danica Kirka, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
See the best and worst moments of the night — and spare a thought for the actresses whose ribcages were crushed in the name of fashion — in our roundup of the highs, lows and yikes of the Emmys.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
So spare a thought for Prince Archie, aged five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
—Claire Cohen, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
Although there are exceptions who also criticize Hamas and spare a thought for the hostages.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
But spare a thought for those of us plying this honest trade in 2025.
—Brian Cattell, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
But spare a thought for Father Sexton, a mouse of the cloth.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 June 2024
Along with the generals and the paratroopers, the pilots and the infantrymen, spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have played the most important role of all in making the D-Day landings a success.
—Danica Kirka, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
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“Spare a thought for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spare%20a%20thought%20for. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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