Sentence examples for squandered time from inspiring English sources
The phrase "squandered time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to time that has been wasted or used ineffectively. Example: "Looking back, I realize how much squandered time I had during my college years, not focusing on my studies."
Pizza squandered time on me.
Romania's communists crushed entrepreneurship; its post-communists squandered time.
Meanwhile, as I squandered time on crazy dates, my friend Fred settled into a sane and loving relationship with Gérard.
Jones's populist books, one senses, are a late attempt to make up for all this squandered time.
They complained about the size of the job and squandered time, even though Ms. Clay and Mr. Devlin were being charged by the hour.
Typical, I thought, for my life as I lived it then — in bewilderment, frowning at the futility and resenting the squandered time as it unrolled and flapped around me — seemed ragged and plotless: random, rancorous, out of my control, meandering from disorder to chaos, in the general direction of oblivion.
Poor smokers were seen to shame the nation, squandering time and money.
Are the children allegorical adults, squandering time as they hurtle heedlessly towards death?
Some tournaments do not use the clocks, and even when they are part of the competition, players can still squander time advantages.
It's for this exact reason that the left can no longer afford to squander time and energy engaging the childish arguments of paid provocateurs.
After squandering time and cash in a binge that ended in a bust, Romania has sobered up and is trying to cope with its daunting problems.
