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How to use frittering in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word frittering? Here are some examples.

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Like Tim, Pegg is a fan of comics, Star Wars and frittering hours away on his PlayStation.
Given my propensity for frittering it away, it's better that I have a legal obligation to pay it to her.
This point is really a vexation of the mind and a frittering way of precious energy.
But some now question whether the emir, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is frittering their wealth away on foreign ventures.
In 1942, he already had a reputation as a spendthrift and a playboy, misbehaving in Brazil and frittering away the budget for another unfinished film.
In the 2000 campaign Mr Bush claimed tax cuts were necessary to stop Congress frittering away the surplus.
Unless Mr Toledo changes course, he risks frittering away Peru's great opportunity for democratic revival.
Instead, we have the government frittering it away and measuring its progress by whether or not it is running a deficit.
When we have a brand name like Parks Canada we would be a little careful about frittering away the benefits of that brand name.
A minority federal government is frittering away the fruits of years of sacrifice.
So even as Boomers fret about their parents frittering away their inheritances, there's no assurance that they will behave any differently themselves.
Moreover, the Europeans tend to spend their meagre resources inefficiently, generally devoting the lion's share to salaries rather than equipment, and frittering resources on countless national projects.
We are not talking about frittering away money.
If we choose sensibly, we will dress in a way that does not disconcert those around us, eat food that will not damage our health, and spend our free time constructively rather than frittering it away.
Why is the government frittering away our biggest trade opportunities?
Mr Barroso, I believe that you will make your fellow Commissioners conscious of the fact that we cannot create a welfare state on credit, in so doing frittering away our children's future.
Examples from Classical Literature
If I have a regret it's that I spent so much time fooling around frittering my time at Oxford when I should have focused more on serious stuff.
You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.
It's yet another example of the undeniably imaginative filmmaker frittering away a movie with ugly visuals and even more unpleasant behavior.
So after spending three months frittering away the state surplus, he now admits rates will go up after all.
However, I must not be frittering away the reader's time with these details.
No frittering Q Is it possible to leave someone some money in your will and stipulate that it is invested in property or something, rather than just frittered away?
I've no intention of frittering away my strength on that sort of thing.
But it's clear that one way or the other, the school board had lost its direction, frittering away the broad support for reform with a go-slow, public-be-damned attitude.
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