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

Life is too short to waste time watching a presidential State of the Union address.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

A Homeland Security spokeswoman said the department “doesn’t waste time with salacious, baseless gossip.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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

“What you’re after is a horse that works hard and doesn’t waste time looking at flowers.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer