Sentence examples for hardly squandered from inspiring English sources
In 80 years, Benn has hardly squandered a minute on trivialities.
They could hardly squander Canada's wealth more than those now running the industry.
And at this point in his career and his life, Tyson can hardly afford to squander an opportunity.
President Obama, beset by bigger political difficulties, could hardly afford to squander time and capital on a congressional fight to get a more partisan figure like Larry Summers, his chief economic adviser, into the Fed seat, as he had intended to do back in January.
And we can hardly afford to squander the chance to get a qualified woman to the senate.
Health care has already consumed months of the Senate's time, and McConnell can hardly afford to squander any more legislative days on a measure that doesn't appear to be gaining steam.
But in his 1988 memorandum, Mr. Pasquali of Unesco described how it had been squandered: "$68,609 for an administrator who was hardly necessary; $44,502 spent on trips between Paris and Buenos Aires, $49,311 for repairs, given to a phantom company," and so on.
That it was not can hardly be attributed to Jol - Jermaine Jenas, Robbie Keane and Steed Malbranque all squandered goalscoring opportunities - but the manner in which the home side were able to draw level reflected badly on his managerial skills.
But while Weir's solid play was hardly surprising, Daly continued to stun those who figured he had squandered his best days.
Although 0-0 was hardly a reflection of an anxious game in which chances were squandered rather than prevented, it was probably a fair result, and the final still seems finely poised.
