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Sentences with dispense

dis·pense
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  • The Union had already dispensed £40,000 in grants. [VERB noun]
  • For two weeks, the cash machine was unable to dispense money. [VERB noun]
  • Former Manchester United star Eric Cantona materialises to dispense advice.
  • He expostulated with Wallace, and threatened to dispense with his services.
  • Some shops gave wrong or inadequate advice when dispensing homeopathic medicines. [VERB noun]
  • To dispense the law justly
  • Last week, he told his audience on Nova 100's breakfast show that he wanted to dispense with the grudge.
  • Their episode-closing double acts, in which they dispense wickedly warped pearls of wisdom, are a highlight.
  • To dispense wisdom.
  • To dispense the law without bias.
  • Dispense with is sometimes wrongly used where dispose of is meant: this task can be disposed of (not dispensed with) quickly and easily
  • To dispense justice
  • The pharmacist dispensed my tablets. An optician can dispense spectacles.
  • I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.
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