- present participle of squander.
squandering
Example Sentences
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For now, he keeps squandering his Marvel breaks on whiffs like “Cherry” and “Uncharted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
I can definitely understand why there might not be, let’s say, a surplus of empathy for a privileged young man carelessly and repeatedly squandering his expensive education.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
They had a knack for disastrous drafting and squandering their top picks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
I have wondered in these pages whether people are squandering their retirement on eating out.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
That’s settler life for you, I spose, not much time for niceties and it’s easy to sink to the level of people who revel in squandering their manners.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
