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 plan now is to pare things back a bit and get back to the basics.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2019
• The Dow has since pared its losses and is back in the green.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The first step is to pare back ingredient lists and stick with what will last.
  — Christopher Ross, WSJ, 3 June 2020
• The editors pare them down to mere minutes for each episode.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 19 Sep. 2022
• Pelosi has already shown little desire to pare back the price tag.
  — Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• Many at the time assumed the move was designed to pare down the company's workforce.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 18 Feb. 2020
• Use a wire stripping tool to pare back about ¾ inch of the insulation.
  — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2022
• The Blackhawks had pared down in a rebuild that gave them better odds in the lottery.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
• 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
• This finding pared down the list of suspects and paved the way for future criminal charges.
  — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Having a closet outside has helped the couple pare down their wardrobe even more.
  — Rachel Torgerson, Cosmopolitan, 22 Jan. 2018
• This comes as Zaslav tries to pare down the company’s debt.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
• One of its senators is hesitant to go too big in a funding bill and works to pare it back.
  — Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 9 Mar. 2021
• As the album pared down to the basics, Swift embraced her acoustic roots.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• Democrats want to expand social programs, not pare them back.
  — CBS News, 9 June 2018
• This makeup case is for those unwilling to pare down their routine.
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• That’s got to be tough to pare down, when your house is just bulging with Amazon product.
  — Luke Winkie, Vox, 14 June 2019
• On the news, no fewer than seven analysts pared their price targets for the shares.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
• Test fit each joint and, if necessary, lightly pare down the tenon for a proper fit.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2020
• Yields on government bonds pushed higher while stocks pared gains.
  — Chelsey Dulaney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
• Remove the bulk of the mortise with a drill bit, then use a sharp chisel to pare the hole into a rectangle.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2020
• The pound weakened, and investors pared back bets on a further sharp surge in interest rates.
  — Tom Rees, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• But some states have continued to pare back their dam safety programs.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024