Sentence examples for wasting opportunities from inspiring English sources

I felt that we were losing out and wasting opportunities.

"The saddest thing is that they are wasting opportunities that this country has to be better, because of a hardening of the political arteries, because the elite is not getting any oxygen," he said.

These experts, seeking to articulate a worldview rooted in the internationalist traditions of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, have accused Mr. Bush of isolationism and of wasting opportunities to reduce tensions in the Mideast.

The chronic disappointments on Thursday at 9 30 p.m. have prompted widespread criticism of NBC for wasting opportunities in what has been, since "ER" came on the air nine years ago, a sequoia-sized hammock position for the comedy in between them.

Yet again on Wednesday, they were guilty of wasting opportunities, which left them vulnerable to a late goal, which duly arrived when makeshift full-back Antonio Valencia failed to track Bryan Oviedo, leaving the Costa Rican unmarked at the far post to finish off Romelu Lukaku's mis-hit shot.

Leverkusen had pushed for an equaliser at the death, with their nine-goal top scorer Stefan Kiessling and Omer Toprak wasting opportunities before they conceded a penalty when they were caught on the counter-attack.

Those left in Oh's wake talked of wasted opportunities.

This is a wasted opportunities for these families".

Failure to cooperate effectively has imposed a heavy cost in wasted opportunities.

He scored 14 of England's points with calm goal-kicking while the Italians wasted opportunities.

Though Candy and Jackie had departed this world, Joe Dallesandro was there, wistfully contemplating wasted opportunities.