Sentence examples for sort of squandered from inspiring English sources

"I know people in similar situations who haven't really worked or who have sort of squandered their money," she said.

However, the Spaniard was unable to sustain the early promise and was guilty of squandering a 70th minute far-post header of the sort Shearer, or Ameobi, would surely have buried.

Of squandering the savings of mothers-in-law.

Almost every time Everton have drawn this season, in fact, the manager has arrived at the same conclusion, perhaps not realising that drawing games that should have been wins is the sort of habit that squanders points and exasperates supporters.

"That's unfortunate," Mr. Hutchings said, "because Detroit's not in a position to squander that sort of money".

The crowd was an affable mix of teenaged tourists and local office workers enjoying an extended lunch hour – the only sort of people, I suppose, able to squander 90 minutes on a Tuesday afternoon.

In The Unnamed, he shied away from that success, aiming instead for a squiffy sort of realism that sometimes seemed to deliberately squander his natural gift.

Indeed, there is a palpable sense of opportunities squandered.

A historic opportunity to change the course of history, squandered.

As a result, the sort of suspense such a story line might be expected to generate is carelessly squandered, as is any sense of plausibility.

It was that sort of night for Hughes: good enough to give the Yankees a chance, even if it was one they squandered.