spars

present tense third-person singular of spar

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Bubba purposefully knocks a girl down with a dodgeball, and when Mary tells him to stop being mean, Bubba punches her.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The winner punches their ticket to the Final 2.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During their gladiator throwdown, Cam bashes his idol to death with a football helmet.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Blades lop off body parts, while blunt force trauma breaks bones and bashes indentations in soft flesh.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Spars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spars. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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