Sentence examples for be so squandered from inspiring English sources

How can so much talent be so squandered?

"You look at it all and think, how can the amount of time, money, energy and resources be so squandered by indecision?

They have earned a credibility that cannot be so easily squandered by Reverend Wright's ranting and a media itching for a new storyline.

Whatever informational advantage analysts had, or were perceived to have, was so often squandered by the fact that they worked for bankers who were currying favor with the same companies whose shares the analysts rated.

Chekhov's play is about the decline of the Russian aristocracy, yes, but it is also about a family filled with real love trying to keep it together against impossible odds; about missed connections, missed opportunities, and broken communication; about individuals' potential for greatness and how it is so easily squandered or misunderstood by the world.

"If I would be so fortunate as to have another chance, I would never squander that opportunity," Mr. Douglas said.

Alas, my own shot making was so incompetent, I squandered my chances to pull off an upset and lost 26-3.

But there has always been a sense of needless excess about Miami, a place in which dollar bills are so often unthinkingly squandered in the pursuit of short-term superficiality rather than sustained substance.

It's so easy to squander our days.

Mr. Bush was also right: talking with Iran today would be tantamount to appeasement — but that's because the Bush team has so squandered U.S. power and credibility in the Middle East, and has failed to put in place any effective energy policy, that negotiating with Iran could only end up with us on the short end.

A century ago, when crosswords began, ink and space were not to be squandered, so the ideal-type clue was short – often, as short as possible.