fritter away
Example Sentences
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For now, however, many young workers should still be able to find positions so they can afford to fritter away their youth, as is tradition.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Arsenal had led the Premier League by as many as nine points, only to fritter away its advantage and briefly fall out of first in late April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
But in recent years, that shame has started to fritter away - at least in some quarters.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
But Broadway stardom of his caliber is too precious to fritter away on a star turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
“You don’t mess around like that. You just don’t fritter away all your luck.”
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
