fritter

Example Sentences

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Restaurant-delivery apps have become “an easy, and lazy, way to fritter your money away instead of investing,” Valega said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 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

He called the party a “mess” and wondered how its leaders might fritter away the momentum.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

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

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

We were all three dashed against the far wall of the drawer in a tangle of Camilla’s handkerchiefs and the leftover apple fritter.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck