Sentence examples for a wasted step from inspiring English sources

When I clicked onto Calorie Counter, it eliminated my caloric confusion — and did away with a wasted step — by offering a "Frequently Eaten With" button near the cereal.

He takes a lot of wasted steps and doesn't display particularly good technique.

There isn't a wasted gesture or step, and to the great credit of the Ailey dancers (and those who teach and rehearse them), they are rarely self-indulgent with material that could easily be overstated.

The cavorting of the Widow Simone, barnyard fowls and the touching ineptitude of the fiancé are pure Ashton, light-spirited and tender with not a wasted character-revealing step.

Seau didn't waste steps on the way to the ball carrier and he kept a wide base to avoid being cut.

"Don't waste steps!" she said.

Every cut has to be perfect, not a step wasted anywhere.

There was not a single wasted movement; and each step blended seamlessly with the next, giving those of us who had the fortune to observe the sense that we were watching not surgery, but a well-choreographed ballet.

Although there has been some recent interest in improving the adequacy of adverse effects reporting in clinical trials [ 6, 7] the benefits of better reporting may be wasted if steps are not taken to make the data more easily available.

E.P.A. regulators did not classify coal ash as hazardous waste, a step that would have triggered stricter policy, largely because they wanted to make it easier for power companies to sell the ash for recycling.

Nor is one step wasted: he brings a little hope to everyone he meets, wins back the love of his wife and faces up to the death of his son.