The original oath was sparer than the one now prescribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2005] Reference

But this minimalism captivated me right from the even sparer instrumental opener.    From Wordnik.com.  [The xx: Switching Roles In Song] Reference

In its place is a much sparer logo, featuring a "C" surrounded by an upside-down "C.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Comedy Central's New Logo] Reference

No more than 28 words are allowed on it, and Google is always trying to find ways to make it even sparer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Pushes Droid With Rare Ad On Homepage] Reference

It was strange after the Persian; sparer in language, stricter in form; but in time yielding up its treasures.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Persian Boy]

O'Farrell's characteristically lyrical writing (sometimes criticised as overblown) is here sparer, more elegant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox: Summary and book reviews of The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell.] Reference

With the smaller forces, on a smaller screen, the piece is converted from opulence to a sparer, art-house aesthetic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Berlin in Lights: ‘Symphony of a City’ - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Mooter, from a company in Australia, produces sparer-looking but otherwise similar conceptual maps of search results.    From Wordnik.com.  [Searches, Backups, Soul of a New Program] Reference

The songs are sparer than those on the band's last record, with Ms. Sketch's ringing vocals sounding clearer and more emotional.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reorganizing The Organ for a Final Release] Reference

Crate & Barrel's baby brother, with a sparer, simpler design orientation particularly well suited to smaller Manhattan apartments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faith Hope Consolo: The Faithful Shopper: Fun Furnishings] Reference

The reader gets a taste of the lived experience of a world existentially very peculiar, in prose much sparer than Mieville usually writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [grahamsleight's Journal] Reference

CHRISTGAU: We just heard a sparer version of "Sentimental Journey," the signature song whose big band rendition opens Doris Day's two-CD retrospective, "Golden Girl.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Nellie McKay's Love Letter To Doris Day] Reference

There is strangeness at the heart of the book, too, as the landscape gets sparer and the narrator and his fellow lost boys wander aimless and wounded through senseless ruins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference

His frame seemed far sparer than it once had been.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference

I had never remarked there before; and he looked sparer in person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wuthering Heights] Reference

The drawings got simpler, sparer, less "English" and more universal.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

With a sparer live set-up (there was no vacuum player, alas) the songs came off even better.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merry Swankster] Reference

"It's not in me; but I'd live even a sparer life than I do, if I thought anybody after me had a chance.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Sonnie-Boy's People] Reference

When last heard of, the Vice-President also was sick at Manassas, and he is still sparer and slighter than Mr. Davis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Civil War in America] Reference

Doctor Faustus increased the elements of farce in the sparer 1604 text and launched the play on its career of decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph S. O'Leary homepage] Reference

Paik could also summon a much sparer, more spiritual beauty, as in several of his installations involving CCTV cameras.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

He turned from his wife's portrait, fearing the thought that her joy on their daughter's return might be sparer than his.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evelyn Innes] Reference

A somewhat sparer form, longer and more flowing hair, and features less stern and strong, may perhaps have characterized them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference

There was a restless, anxious expression in his countenance I had never remarked there before, and he looked sparer in person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wuthering Heights] Reference

He was sparer still by this time; and later, when we got to the muddy banks of the "Heecha Wapka," there was nothing to spare of him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier] Reference

A ribbon here, a pretty buckle there, to help sell a sparer design.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gravity's Rainbow]

A restless, anxious expression in his countenance I had never remarked there before; and he looked sparer in person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wuthering Heights] Reference

"The songs on Sad Man are more arcane and convoluted songwriting-wise, though they're sparer in terms of instrumentation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Band Weblogs] Reference

More culpable the sparer than the spared.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete] Reference

More culpable the sparer than the spared.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete] Reference

La fa sparer, com’umom petra sott’erba.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [To an icy Valentine] Reference

You couldn't have a-- a-- a sparer title for that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans] Reference