fritter away

Example Sentences

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Arsenal had led the Premier League by as many as nine points, only to fritter away its advantage and briefly fall out of first in late April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

But in recent years, that shame has started to fritter away - at least in some quarters.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

What are these "feel-good projects" that we must not "fritter away" our resources on?

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2022

But Broadway stardom of his caliber is too precious to fritter away on a star turn.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022

“Frances. Let’s go, buddy. Let’s not fritter away the best part of the day here….Let’s go, buddy.”

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger