Example Sentences

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When he heard the older people emotionally retelling their stories, sometimes in tears, about how they had wasted their lives, he knew he had to change.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 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

He and his teammates had wasted an hour on the lame window idea.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein