Example Sentences

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The retired Canadian insurance adviser was 93, and "was wasting away" after a long battle with prostate cancer.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Marty Bryce felt like he was wasting his time as a lawyer—so he sought a new path.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

The coaches who once told her she was wasting her time couldn’t help but start to see her Olympic potential.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

This was opening night of The Quittin Time Tour, and the first of three sold-out shows here, and he was wasting no time pumping the audience into a frenzy.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Not that his mother wouldn’t have taken the day off from the button factory where she worked to come down, but because it seemed true, that he was wasting his time.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers