squander

How To Use squander In A Sentence

• Rather than giving to those countries in most need, O'Neill said, ‘We have an obligation to plant our resources where they will yield growth, rather than squandering precious seeds in unfertile soil.’
• He's squandered all his savings on drink.
• The state of the health services and the plight of many of our old people are just two reasons why we cannot afford to squander money on another stadium.
• Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of . 
• The home team squandered a number of chances in the first half.
• You say cable news squanders its resources by descending to tabloid sensationalism, personality cult shows and aping talk radio with high-testosterone shout shows.
• Compared with the billions squandered on a vague mission in Iraq, a mission to Mars seems cheap.
• The son of a white woman from Kansas and a black goat herder-turned-academic from Kenya, Obama delivered an unsentimental account of squandered opportunities in postcolonial Africa.
• If we don't squander this precious space on parking, we could do all manner of interesting things on this site, which could be linked through foot and cycle tracks to the rest of Trowbridge.
• The Bulgaria striker squandered two glorious chances either side of the interval and those misses summed up a miserable season. Times, Sunday Times