had wasted
- past perfect of waste.
Example Sentences
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The Dodgers had wasted a golden opportunity to come back in the eighth, coming up empty even after getting the go-ahead runs on second and third base with no outs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
In a survey of people currently on GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic, 25% of respondents agreed they had wasted more food since taking the drugs, compared to 61% who disagreed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2024
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit wrote in an unsigned opinion, Mr. Ritenour had wasted his client’s one shot in federal court.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
“I realized I had wasted so much valuable time where he should have been in occupational therapy, speech therapy, evidence-based therapy for autism,” Greene said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
The month of courtship had wasted: its very last hours were being numbered.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
