fritter away

Example Sentences

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For now, however, many young workers should still be able to find positions so they can afford to fritter away their youth, as is tradition.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

I clear my schedule and hole up in the library, only to fritter away hours doing everything but writing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 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

“You don’t mess around like that. You just don’t fritter away all your luck.”

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien