sparing

She is excruciatingly introspective but in perfect control of every sentence and emotion — withholding, sparing or repeating words to produce observations that gleam with intelligence and insight but keep their author shadowed.

Jones could have filed away his writings in a box, to be shipped off to his family for their private consumption, perhaps sparing the Florville family more pain.

In the days that followed, the Trump administration announced that it would be temporarily sparing carmakers from the import levies.

I want people who don’t come to comedy for emotion to be moved, but to do that I have to be very sparing in those moments and sneak the emotions in underneath.

He thanked the killers for pleading guilty to murder and sparing the family the ordeal of having to go through a trial.