Sentence examples for squandered on the from inspiring English sources

Linking both groups is Don Adriano de Armado, a Spanish grandee whose absurd pretensions to poetic eloquence and love melancholy are squandered on the wench Jaquenetta.

Indeed, Republicans in the state denigrated the claims of improvement in the system, noting that any savings by E-ZPass were being squandered on the public service advertisements.

"Although given the transfer budget squandered on the likes of Tony Daley, Mark Atkins, Steve Sedgeley etc I can't imagine cost savings were high on the agenda when he was appointed".

Which is why this latest award of lifelong anonymity isn't galling, an act of misplaced compassion squandered on the worthless; rather it's both a testament to society's belief in child rehabilitation, and a human victory to be proud of.

Moreover, some of the money squandered on the Durbar camp will be saved, and if the work is honestly carried out, the Government may almost be able to recoup itself for the cost of new buildings in the enhanced values of the 25 square miles of land which it is said to have acquired.

He told the Guardian: "The fight against anti-semitism is too important for any effort to be squandered on the wrong targets and in every case that I have known, the struggle against racism and xenophobia goes together with the cause of the freedom of the press".

But of all the talents squandered on this lemon, the most painful waste is that of its director, Rodrigo García, whose 2005 film, "Nine Lives," and television series "In Treatment" revealed him as a writer-director with the sensitivity and insight of a contemporary Chekhov.

So much energy is squandered on these melodramas for the eye — and so much attention diverted — that it is a wonder our pianistic thespians can hear themselves at all.

"The millions squandered on these two imposters [Capello and Eriksson] should have gone into the teaching of football at the grass roots.

The tenner you squandered on Prince's The Gold Experience would have been spent more wisely if only the album sleeve had included the warning: "Not only have I discarded my name, I have also discarded my talent".

Warner is squandered on equilibrium; the best approach to these diminutive masterpieces is to wait for a freak wind of depression or a bout of toothache and then hand yourself over to be enchanted.