fritter away

Example Sentences

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Three weeks on, the Republicans have been frittering away their majority status — a maddening embarrassment to some, democracy in action to others, but not at all how the House is expected to function.

From Seattle Times

Instead, the Mississippi Department of Human Services allowed well-connected people to fritter away $77 million in federal welfare funds from 2016 to 2019, according to the state auditor and state and federal prosecutors.

From Seattle Times

He told the court that efforts had begun to ask the gambling companies if they would return some of the money Holbrook frittered away.

From BBC

Giddy with the view across central Oregon and suddenly reconnected to cell service, I frittered away my smartphone battery during a solo climb on Mount Jefferson in October 2019.

From Seattle Times

The SNP government is frittering away public money on frivolous purchases and VIP treatment while services are stretched to breaking point.

From BBC