fritter
verb (used with object)
to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed byaway ).
was frittering
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past progressiveof fritter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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They did for a while, then began to complain that young Ramfis was frittering away their fief, and blustered home to stop him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet as the tensions built and the evidence against Richard Nixon accumulated, some of Ford's best friends began to worry that Jerry was frittering away political credits by making too many speeches.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was evident I was frittering away my command, with no good result, so I looked at my tactics, and decided to hold a council of war.
From How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 by George W. (George Wilbur) Peck
But while there was hardly a comely maiden in Tarbolton to whom he did not address a song, we are not to imagine that he was frittering his heart away amongst them all.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Gabriel Setoun
As one of the chronicles of the time puts it, "While Arnulf was frittering away his time, many little kingdoms grew up."
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
