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Synonyms for saving


Grammar : Adj
Spell : sey-ving
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪ vɪŋ

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Définition of saving

Origin :
  • late 14c., from safe (adj.); see save (prep.).
  • adj redeeming
  • adj thrifty
  • adj conditional
  • adj frugal
Example sentences :
  • Who, think you, does more injustice, a prodigal man or a saving man?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But it was not only in Eastern Europe that his saving influence was felt.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • How the devil would have laughed at the idea of a society for saving the world!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Only some chips that I'm saving till mother has her nap out.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • After reading this note, I thought not of pursuing or saving Lady Glenthorn.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I sometimes think he was the means, indeed, of saving all our lives.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It is these saving stars that light the eternal darkness of the blind.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • And in keeping it secret from you, she supposed, no doubt, that she was only saving you uneasiness.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • Been high and low, on the chance of finding some hope of saving any cinders from the fire.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • But why shouldn't you blarney with a gentleman, when you began by saving his life?
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

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