PARE in a Sentence

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For PARE, below is one of 7 sentences:
Still, when he had looked back from the gate, he had seen his mother kneeling among the potato parings.

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 Meanings and Examples of PARE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pare
 v.  remove outer covering or skin of with knife or similar instrument
Classic Sentence:
1  Still, when he had looked back from the gate, he had seen his mother kneeling among the potato parings.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  Perhaps he pared them too like Lady Boyle.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  My hands are sore after I pare hundreds of potatoes for the banquet.
2  It will be necessary to pare this budget down considerably.
3  She was pared with a famous movie star.
4  He was busy paring apples in the kitchen.