Sentence examples for rather than squandered from inspiring English sources

I've been thinking of her generation — the one that saved rather than spent, preserved rather than squandered — a lot lately.

But not all of those in the debit column of either player were wasted opportunities; there were so many of them legitimately saved rather than squandered.

The biggest strategic question facing America is how to extend this respite rather than squander it.

Rather than squander its resources making new flowers, the plant channels energy into its roots.

The country, as its critics suggest, should have consumed these resources rather than squandering them on ill-conceived ventures.

As a result of the deregulation of asset management, institutional shareholders are having to invest in companies that use their money wisely rather than squander it.

As world prices rise, Bolivian producers have an ever-greater incentive to ship their crops abroad rather than squander them at their own dinner tables.

Rather than squandering resources in a futile attempt to eliminate minor errors, the brain filters them out as processing moves up to higher mental functions.

I could also cut corners, Rigante style: I simply fried the meatballs rather than squander a quart of oil and an extra hour deep-frying them.

"Instead of capping housing benefit, perhaps the government should be focusing on providing low-cost housing that gives back to the taxpayer over generations, rather than squandering our money on exorbitant rents," he says.

Until and unless homeopathy can outperform general placebo effects, it is surely better to stick with sugar pure and simple, rather than squandering time and effort on the dilution charade.