spars

present tense third-person singular of spar

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • This all played out just after the museum had opened, with bystanders able to video one suspect in a high-visibility vest standing at one of the glass boxes housing historical treasures.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That confusion is further reflected by the manic hyper-subjectivity of Bronstein’s filmmaking, which boxes Linda into a close-up so tight that everything around her — especially her unnamed daughter, who almost never appears on screen — might as well be a disembodied echo of her own anxiety.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Founded in 1777, Lexington is home to both Washington & Lee University and Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and the presence of the universities no doubt plays a part in a cultural richness that punches above its weight class for a tiny town of just 7,000 people.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Russia will not stop unless someone bigger and tougher than them punches him in the nose.
    Michele Kelemen, NPR, 17 Oct. 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 28 Oct. 2025.

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