Example Sentences

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"The enterprising if occasionally manic neighbor who will waste no opportunity to share an educational footnote."

From Salon • May 16, 2023

Bevacqua also advised turning it off in hilly terrain, because otherwise it will waste gas pushing your car to maintain its speed on the inclines.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Across the UK as a whole, drivers will waste an average of 73 hours in traffic this year.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2021

He will waste no time highlighting any stumbles by his successor, aides said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2020

“It is a great deal, but I have counted carefully and I will waste no penny of it. I shall make the cloth dealer give me the last inch to the foot.”

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck