waste time

Example Sentences

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"If you're 80% compatible that's good, you don't waste time with someone who's 5% compatible."

From BBC • May 21, 2026

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

The DHS spokeswoman said the department “doesn’t waste time with salacious, baseless gossip.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

I was hungry but I did not want to waste time.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez