wasted
Example Sentences
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"I think she knows she wasted her life, and I think she knows she could have done good in her life but she didn't."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
PHILADELPHIA—Ed Sheeran wasted no time in addressing the controversy that has engulfed his tour when he took the stage at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
While Genghis may have been the most skilled chief among his Mongol contemporaries, his skills would have been wasted if he had been born 20 years earlier, or 200 miles to the south.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
In the age of busyness, it’s easy to worry that even a moment wasted could transform into a pile of stress, and money lost.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
He’d feed his breakfast to them so it wouldn’t be wasted.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
