wasted
Example Sentences
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He’s wasted little time putting his team in charge, this week announcing a flurry of executive appointments to lead streaming strategy, movie studios and TV programming operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pages had wasted the Dodgers’ second challenge on a clear strike moments earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He wasted months of 2026 on that particular rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The paper calls it a "bid to stop young lives being wasted".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Between that and the afternoon she’d wasted paying rent to Ashmodai, there had been no time to hunt, and now she was deeply regretting not draining Boaz dry when she had the chance.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
