waste time
Example Sentences
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"If you're 80% compatible that's good, you don't waste time with someone who's 5% compatible."
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
“For me, it didn’t make sense to think about it or waste time thinking about,” superstar golfer Jon Rahm said after shooting a first-round 65.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Why put up with all the ridiculous ways that golfers waste time?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who for months has been making the case to Trump to back Cornyn, didn’t waste time pushing.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2026
“What you’re after is a horse that works hard and doesn’t waste time looking at flowers.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
