fritter

Example Sentences

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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

But in recent years, that shame has started to fritter away - at least in some quarters.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Their extensive donut menu has 30 variations, including chocolate wildberry fritter, salt and vinegar, red velvet cake and orange dream star.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

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