fritter
Example Sentences
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Last time I went, we tried the Thai corn fritter which was really good and crispy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
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
He called the party a “mess” and wondered how its leaders might fritter away the momentum.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 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
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