Sentence examples similar to sort of squandering 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.

The waste this unblinking documentary outlines is of a different sort, the squandering of a gifted life cut far too short.

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.

Most sides would have surrendered to gloom after the sort of opportunity that was squandered in the 73rd minute, when Joe Cole droved in the perfect low ball and Anelka let it fly through his legs.

"It is possible to squander any sort of buzz," he added.

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

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.

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.

We like the notion of squandering time.

Of squandering the savings of mothers-in-law.

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.