fritter

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Restaurant-delivery apps have become “an easy, and lazy, way to fritter your money away instead of investing,” Valega said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

I clear my schedule and hole up in the library, only to fritter away hours doing everything but writing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

And here’s the thing: It’s easy to fritter away our power, but it would be a decades-long struggle to regain influence once it’s gone.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

Firstly, they must use their reviews more smartly, and not fritter them away like they did inside 13.2 overs on the first evening.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024

He went through the small square by the station and he saw the fritter stands piled one on top of the other and he could find no trace of the massacre.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez