fritter
Example Sentences
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Some lines may be familiar: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”; “Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify!”
From Los Angeles Times
Faced with a chilly house, some users might then dial up the power on their heat pump - but if you do that, much of the efficiency advantage fritters away, he says.
From BBC
Last time I went, we tried the Thai corn fritter which was really good and crispy.
From Los Angeles Times
I’d frittered away the better part of a week and now that dream of a mountain had just crumbled to dust.
From Literature
I clear my schedule and hole up in the library, only to fritter away hours doing everything but writing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
