waste time

Example Sentences

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who for months has been making the case to Trump to back Cornyn, didn’t waste time pushing.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Stern apparently forwards it to Epstein with the words, "Don't waste time reading the below, just scroll through it for a flavour of the mess".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Would you waste time and money on this trip to make your mother-in-law’s dream come true, even at great expense and annoyance?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 8, 2025

Office workers weren’t the only fans of these new duds: Gold Rushers who didn’t want to waste time on personal tailoring snapped them up on their way West.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

I could waste time feeling bad about it later; but, for now, my mind had gotten a whiff of hope, and it wasn’t about to let it escape through a parking lot.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken