waste time

Example Sentences

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“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

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

Stern apparently forwards it to Epstein with the words, "Don't waste time reading the below, just scroll through it for a flavour of the mess".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Would you waste time and money on this trip to make your mother-in-law’s dream come true, even at great expense and annoyance?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

Get another locker assigned, find new books, get going— don’t waste time brooding or taking the hurt so deep inside.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals