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
But as the game's tempo reached fever pitch, Saunders squandered a golden opportunity to grab an equaliser.
The key is to get into a mindset where it becomes second nature to save energy rather than squander it. Times, Sunday Times
Her efforts are wasted on this film while the principal actor is similarly squandered as the bewhiskered wizard who follows them through time and tries to restore them to their rightful place in the world.
He is also undutiful to me, besides being a spendthrift and squanderer.
It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points. Times, Sunday Times
I didn't care over-weeningly for it for personal gratification; and in my philosophy I completed the circle, finding myself as equable with the lack of a ten-cent piece as I was with the squandering of scores of dollars in calling all men and hangers-on up to the bar to drink with me. Chapter 18
Our verdict: this policy is ill-considered, and the military is squandering a golden moment to effect meaningful personnel reform.
Don't go down in history as a spendthrift, who threw away the country's wealth and squandered the opportunity to truly develop our nation.
Those that need aid most are often so badly run that their leaders steal or squander it. Times, Sunday Times
After 8 long years I found that he'd squandered all my hard-earned savings from the previous 8 years, put me in enormous debt and had given me the biggest dose of clap in the history of the world. Martin Lewis: "Bankrupt & Clap-Ridden": The Ultimate 'Dear Abbey' Letter From Jack-Ass America
Don't squander your disposable income on a disposable car.
Do you love life?Then do not squander time;for that's the stuff life is made of.
They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.
Apart from squandering the resources of a prodigiously gifted cast, the film's greatest shortcoming must be its inability to generate the merest scintilla of dramatic tension around its central narrative thread.
He just squandered his talent.
The home team squandered a number of chances in the first half.
Do you love life?Then do not squander time;for that's the stuff life is made of.
He should understand that hard-working British taxpayers do not want him squandering our tax money overseas when it could be used to help British people.
He also risks squandering his opportunity to be remembered as a genuine reformer. Times, Sunday Times
Scotland took their few chances; Australia squandered their many. Times, Sunday Times
Bolton boss Sam Allardyce could not hide his frustration at seeing his side squander a lead yet again.
Both sides then squandered chances with Motherwell especially culpable in passing up three golden opportunities in quick succession.
Despite being handed perhaps one of the most intriguing ensembles ever assembled for a cheesy Hollywood movie, Marshall continuously squanders his riches in service of a lame, multistranded story that goes nowhere. Moberly Monitor-Index Homepage RSS
The Bulgaria striker squandered two glorious chances either side of the interval and those misses summed up a miserable season. Times, Sunday Times
The final poetic statement propounding the belief that life is all one time, not to be squandered or compartmentalized.
But Wisconsin squandered the majority of its opportunities. USATODAY.com - College Football - San Diego St. vs. Wisconsin
Immense amounts of money were squandered, reputations were tarnished, and the consumer was left, as is so often the case, chagrined, puzzled, shortchanged, miffed.
They squandered the opportunity afforded by much lower borrowing costs. Times, Sunday Times
The meager funds provided by government for medical facilities in rural areas are squandered away by local petty officials.
Besides, they are in no position to squander a little favorable scheduling.
Villas-Boas looked ready to explode as he sensed another squandered opportunity. The Sun
Those who dearly wish to see the public sector succeed are raising hell about squandered public money. The Sun
Will this session be the one where we charted a definitive new course and returned to our proud roots as the Land of Lincoln - or did we squander the opportunity and thereby remain fodder for Saturday Night Live's next popular skit? Archive 2009-05-01
Yet there is a hint of trepidation as he voices his fears that his team might struggle to get out of their squandering habits.
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions. Times, Sunday Times
Most of these groups squandered popular support in a bloody coup that ousted President Zviad Gamsakhurdia in early 1992.
He has strained against every nettlesome one of them - counter-attacking and squandering valuable time that should have been used to promote his message.
If we measured our age in days would we be less inclined to squander our lives? Times, Sunday Times
I regret to say that I think the president has squandered some opportunities that we had.
The sort of shock we are in now could jolt us out of our determination to squander every human and natural resource in the pursuit of money and power for some, poverty for most.
He also had to think about his credibility, which was too valuable to be squandered on gratuitous retribution.
Wanderers have now squandered 24 points from winning positions and are only three points above the relegation zone. The Sun
More than most well-educated, middle-class talents of his generation, he footled his life away as a forlorn, frustrated flaneur, squandering several inherited fortunes to achieve renown only under a false name playing an elaborate practical joke.
He settles for day jobs at the building sites of Tokyo, subsists on freeze-dried noodles and squanders his pay in hostess bars. 05 « December « 2009 « Precocious Curmudgeon
It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points. Times, Sunday Times
How were these levels of squander and buffoonery sustainable? Times, Sunday Times
We can think of no better way for our young people to squander their postcollegiate aimlessness. Laugh Out Loud Legal News
Villas-Boas looked ready to explode as he sensed another squandered opportunity. The Sun
He squandered too much time watching TV.
There's so much to do in Vegas that squandering your money at the tables seems like a waste.
He also risks squandering his opportunity to be remembered as a genuine reformer. Times, Sunday Times
They are the ones guilty of squandering money. The Sun
The errors are creeping into Ferrero's game now as he squanders an opportunity to earn a break point at 30-30.
He has strained against every nettlesome one of them - counter-attacking and squandering valuable time that should have been used to promote his message.
If by uppermost he meant right beside his constant scheming to restore his treacherous family to the wealth and power they had squandered in disloyalty, then I suppose he spoke truly enough. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
They squandered the opportunity and will surely rue that decision.
It is sad that we have squandered the opportunity with the ending of the Cold War.
Having so much money - and squandering it with such reckless stupidity - should have disqualified her from state aid for life.
Liverpool, which routed both United and Villa before the two-week international break, looked set to squander the title lifeline those results provided in a frustrating match at Fulham. Undefined
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
So, what do they squander their millions on? Times, Sunday Times
That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered. The Sun
I wondered what on earth a self-proclaimed organic gardener was doing with a stock of resource-squandering, non-returnable containers in the first place.
‘I'd be a millionaire if I did not squander my money on gambling and womanizing when I was younger,’ he said.
More than 40,000 chorused it back at them when Kris Boyd regained his scoring touch to give the home side a lead they never squandered.
Part of the problem was that Paramount was worried they were squandering the momentum of the fourth film but an extra six months used to come up with an interesting and satisfying story as opposed to dreck is never wasted. 15 « July « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
Others might grow poor squandering resources by living dissolutely.
Villas-Boas looked ready to explode as he sensed another squandered opportunity. The Sun
The Profitboss doesn't squander precious time writing and reading lengthy job descriptions.
Also, the war generation lived through times when politicians and generals, dictators and despots, managed to squander untold millions of young lives.
Wanderers have now squandered 24 points from winning positions and are only three points above the relegation zone. The Sun
To wash their hands before meals and after , after squandering water use cloth wipe away.
So, what do they squander their millions on? Times, Sunday Times
And as a result, he doesn't squander the talents of his cast, throwing in plenty of personality clashes and in-house stand-offs that serve to heighten the precarious nature of Roenick's predicament.
So could the millions squandered in Europe. The Sun
It is well documented that billions of taxpayers money is squandered by incompetent civil servants. Times, Sunday Times
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions. Times, Sunday Times
Clearly, a failure of vision at this moment would squander that opportunity.
Instead, many countries have seen both opportunity and resources squandered on political adventurism, civil wars, misguided macroeconomic policies, and greed.
He also risks squandering his opportunity to be remembered as a genuine reformer. Times, Sunday Times
We cannot allow our young people to become malnourished, squandering their childhood and vitality hunched over computer consoles and gorging on junk food. Times, Sunday Times
‘Dollar a day, dime a dance’ was the slogan used to characterize the mentality of these sharp-dressing ladykillers who squandered their meager earnings on recreation.
The best way to insure you'll take on difficult tasks is to ritualize them - build specific, inviolable times at which you do them, so that over time you do them without having to squander energy thinking about them. Tony Schwartz: 6 Keys to Being Excellent at Anything
The two sides cannot afford to squander the current opportunity presented by the transatlantic trade deal. Times, Sunday Times
MK Dons will feel they squandered two points in their fight to climb away from relegation trouble. Times, Sunday Times
She didn't earn but squandered the honor of being an "honorific" Senator. Clinton Spokesperson Rules Out Pursuit Of Obama's Pledged Delegates
Heat coach Pat Riley noted that his players once again squandered the homecourt edge they worked for 82 regular-season games to earn. USA TODAY Latest news
But West Ham let them wriggle free as they squandered those three crucial chances. The Sun
If we measured our age in days would we be less inclined to squander our lives? Times, Sunday Times
I know I am stern with her, but I do not want her to be a squanderer.
It was the first money my pen had ever earned; I did not squander it in riotous living, neither did I invest it in necessary boots and gloves. The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
This priceless asset is being squandered in many of our primary schools. Times, Sunday Times
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions. Times, Sunday Times
squandered money cannot be replaced
He learned to play heav - ily at cards and to squander money on the turf, until he had again and again to come to me and implore me to give him an advance upon his allowance, that he might settle his debts of honour. Sole Music
With the defeat in Barbados, the unpredictable Pakistan side squandered the opportunity of winning their first-ever Test series.
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions. Times, Sunday Times
Their conversation soon turned to shared regrets about the large amount of money being squandered on environmental programs without commensurate result.
But what we must do, above all else, is not squander the opportunities we have.
Too often voluntary effort is misdirected or squandered. Times, Sunday Times
The Bulgaria striker squandered two glorious chances either side of the interval and those misses summed up a miserable season. Times, Sunday Times
Our generation's great blessing of longevity is squandered if our bodies can't do the things we love. Times, Sunday Times
So, what do they squander their millions on? Times, Sunday Times
Apart from squandering the resources of a prodigiously gifted cast, the film's greatest shortcoming must be its inability to generate the merest scintilla of dramatic tension around its central narrative thread.
They squandered the profits on expensive cars.
MK Dons will feel they squandered two points in their fight to climb away from relegation trouble. Times, Sunday Times
- With such capabilities, this guy could be an ultimate multilinguist if there ever was one instead of squandering his abilities on rapping in a fake language ... angstrom Klingon-Language Rapper
He squandered the money brought in by the sale of Emile Heskey and Neil Lennon on over-priced under-achievers.
He died deeply disappointed, bitterly aware that he had squandered his great gifts. The Times Literary Supplement
He thinks they have squandered unbelievable and unimaginable opportunities.
Otherwise, he becomes a bitter-ender whose vote may in the end not be big enough to matter anyway, thus squandering his advantage.
Yet, they squandered these opportunities by not working hard enough.
Freedom, unless it gets squandered in the name of fear or defiance, will endure long after this fragile, rootless hate campaign has burned itself to ashes.
Too much is squandered by incompetent ministers. The Sun
The tale of a ne'er-do-well and a love squandered, it has none of the bruised glossiness of Redding's version; Bell's voice owning none of Otis's burring depth. How music can reach out and touch us
Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .
A scene ripe with comedic possibilities is then cruelly squandered.
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions. Times, Sunday Times
Wanderers have now squandered 24 points from winning positions and are only three points above the relegation zone. The Sun
Still, Carramore looked the better balanced team but many chances were squandered.
So, what do they squander their millions on? Times, Sunday Times
Despite many spirited runs by the away team, the ball was often squandered with clueless up-and-unders.
That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered. The Sun
Increasingly severe shortage and squander of water resources will foreclose continuable utility and restrict economic development.
If we measured our age in days would we be less inclined to squander our lives? Times, Sunday Times
Instead they are fourth and have squandered five points which could prove decisive in the end. The Sun
The two sides cannot afford to squander the current opportunity presented by the transatlantic trade deal. Times, Sunday Times
This could mean that money put aside to pay for university fees or mortgage deposits could be squandered on holidays. Times, Sunday Times
They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.
He thinks they have squandered unbelievable and unimaginable opportunities.
Insofar as someone in a sufficiently blissful stupor had no opportunity to reflect that, say, they were squandering their capacities by not reading Proust or listening to Wagner, I think the mental-state welfarist is hard pressed to seriously aver that this person is experiencing less subjective happiness, from a God Who Loves You perspective, than someone who has the enjoyment of realizing their capacities. Happiness Redux
A wayward - nay - shocking forehand goes miles wild as Monfils squanders two break points before Murray levels at deuce with a 210-km ripsnorter of a serve. BBC News - Home
Continuing their protest tomorrow will only squander what dwindling public support they have left.
Simply put: it's wasteful and irresponsible to squander our precious resources on a luxury item like meat.
Meaning that if you speculate and are backed by the feds, and fail, one could very easily make the argument that large amounts of capital being squandered is a form of theft. Waldo Jaquith - Our socialist president?
Bangalow should have put the game away but squandered a 2 - nil lead late in the game.
But they squandered two golden second-half openings. The Sun
There's merit to both viewpoints but DotD08 squanders these possibilities in favor of shakycam braggadocio and ghoulish gimcrackery that played a lot better in PLANET TERROR 2007, which wasn't even that good either. Stick a fork in it
He looked to have timed it right but the horse squandered his opportunity with a ponderous jump at the last. Times, Sunday Times
An aspiring inventor, the father has squandered his years huddled over bubbling pots attempting to create an odourless shoe.
We cannot allow our young people to become malnourished, squandering their childhood and vitality hunched over computer consoles and gorging on junk food. Times, Sunday Times
She always squanders on clothing.
An audit found that nearly 4 million had been squandered. Times, Sunday Times
The home team squandered a number of chances in the first half.
For those Moms, like me, who say it is outrageous that many food producers are refusing to end the practice of misusing our antibiotics -- putting our kids' health at risk and potentially squandering medicine's first miracle drug -- just to cut costs -- can call their congressperson to support the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act. Laurie David: This Is the Game Changer!
An audit found that nearly 4 million had been squandered. Times, Sunday Times
It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points. Times, Sunday Times
County were on top in the first half but never looked entirely comfortable and reverted to their old ways of squandering chances even given the mitigating factor of the very muddy goalmouths.
Why, why, why is the United States still squandering lives and badly needed treasure fighting a raggle-taggle of foreign fighters defending their countries that have been invaded and occupied by Americans????? The year in politics
I'm wondering if you or anybody else in here has some thoughts on how to make sure the criticism that's certain to erupt is pointed directly at Sims where it rightly belongs and not squandered by targeting the skeleton crew of hapless victims down there trying to keep Elections afloat? Sound Politics: Ward of the State
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But, as he regretfully learned, his adoptees' public high schools were so bad that many of the kids dropped out, squandering an extraordinary opportunity.
When police are making cuts, to squander money like this is a scandal. The Sun
Without going into too much detail, Mr. Skeffington is the story of an orphaned but popular young New York debutante and her morose brother, who squanders their fortune.
Villas-Boas looked ready to explode as he sensed another squandered opportunity. The Sun
It's not an awful film, just a painfully average one that squanders its opportunity to make something great out of the justifiably heralded source material.
Of course, there are also common features to all trust building--performing well in some services raises trust more than in others (health provision has higher returns than market regulation, for example); expectations are ratcheted up (what you achieved yesterday becomes today's baseline); confidence can be quickly squandered (any suspicion of gaming evaluations is a trustbuster); and a sense of generational betterment gathers support (we appreciate a state that opens opportunities for our children). Otaviano Canuto: The Day After Tomorrow: Will We Ever Trust the State?
The Appeal Court heard that the then 25-year-old Wilkinson had been a Sheffield University drop-out squandering his inheritance on drink and drugs.
Toronto and Waterloo spent most of the first half exchanging the ball via punts and squandering opportunities.
But no less dreadful is the sense that for many years, the state of Israel has been squandering not only the lives of its children but also the miracle it experienced — the great and rare opportunity bestowed upon it by history, the opportunity to create an enlightened, decent, democratic state that would conduct itself according to Jewish and universal values. Unforgiven
That will be a relief to taxpayers who are alarmed by the way their money has been squandered. The Sun
And this kind of ideological inflexibility is the best way for a party to squander a very favorable electoral landscape. Matthew Yglesias » The Limits of Scott Brown
We've seen through their blue-sky jargon, bullet-point presentations and efforts to squander public money on flights of fancy.
Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .
It took four hours and three minutes, by which time he had squandered eight match points. Times, Sunday Times
So, instead of biting the bullet and knocking out realistically unsustainable channels, with the exception of ITV2+1 which was KO'ed, they carry on regardless squandering more money on feckless retards who know f'ck-all about real life but have pieces of paper stuck on the wall above their desk (or really know how to retrieve a thrupenny bit Army Rumour Service
In addition to squandering a large part of Britain's patrimony of civilized institutions, this neo-liberal project of refashioning social life on a primitive model of market exchange has speeded the delegitimation of established institutions of such as the monarchy and the Church. The credit crunch will do for Margaret Thatcher's reputation
France were much quicker in setting up scoring chances but they squandered them with the reckless abandon of a gambler, certain the luck would hold all night.
We found him standing on a table in a saloon, with an old tin lantern in one hand and the school report in the other, haranguing a gang of "corned" miners on the iniquity of squandering the public money on education "when hundreds and hundreds of honest, hard-working men were literally starving for whiskey. Mark Twain`s speeches; with an introduction by William Dean Howells.
I think I have enough cachet, if I don't squander it, where I can keep working.
The two sides cannot afford to squander the current opportunity presented by the transatlantic trade deal. Times, Sunday Times
The main thrust of the Conservative campaign will be to say that Labour has squandered billions on unreformed structures in the public sector and that it will be back for another raid on the taxpayer once the election is out of the way.
Or for the millions of pounds of public money squandered in a fruitless attempt to sustain the convictions. Times, Sunday Times
Those who dearly wish to see the public sector succeed are raising hell about squandered public money. The Sun
Too much is squandered by incompetent ministers. The Sun
The second team, however, squandered every advantage or failed to maintain a steady pace when its time came.
When squandered on decadence, wealth doubly harms the under-resourced.
A doubt like faraway thunder threatens to ruin the day, that it's squandered on this.
They'll quite happily squander a whole year's savings on two weeks in the sun.
It'd be such a shame to squander three seasons of blinding TV…
We must not squander the opportunity to make the most of this wave of enthusiasm for all kinds of sports. The Sun
He nearly squandered all that until, at midlife, he learned how to leverage his personality with his inheritance.
But West Ham let them wriggle free as they squandered those three crucial chances. The Sun
I wouldn't like the magnums of champers to be squandered on people lacking all taste and refinement.
Those that need aid most are often so badly run that their leaders steal or squander it. Times, Sunday Times
But they squandered two golden second-half openings. The Sun
This could mean that money put aside to pay for university fees or mortgage deposits could be squandered on holidays. Times, Sunday Times
‘Central planning’ would squelch individual freedom and squander public resources, they claimed.
Horlock then squandered three chances inside four minutes.
The England star hit the post twice as he squandered 12 points in a kicking horror show. The Sun

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