frittering
Example Sentences
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Fisher and Day can’t even secure jobs, stuck literally and metaphorically frittering away their youth in the back seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
“It’s not that we don’t have the money. It’s that we don’t like frittering it away.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
All he’s doing with this feral pawing for a message is frittering that away.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
The Cowboys weren’t done frittering away precious time, either.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Most of the original Fragment had been destroyed by the fire, the burning pages flapping and frittering away into ash, all their words turned to dust.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
