squandered in English
entrepreneurs squander their profits on expensive cars
Use "squandered" in a sentence
1. The crowd were squandered.
2. He squandered too much time watching TV.
3. He just squandered his talent.
4. He squandered his fortune and has committed suicide.
5. He had soon squandered his family's riches.
6. He had squandered his chances to win.
7. They squandered the profits on expensive cars.
8. Gambled and partied, squandered every penny.
9. She squandered her chances of winning.
10. Wolves' Steve Bull squandered a host of chances.
11. Were the taxpayers' millions squandered on cheap shortcuts?
12. He squandered his money on gambling and drink.
13. He's squandered all his savings on drink.
14. My uncle squandered all his money on gambling.
15. The birds in the tree squandered as they heard the noises.
16. 14 She squandered millions on a life of make-believe.
17. Ireland squandered several chances, including a penalty that cost them the game.
18. His family felt he had squandered his musical talent.
19. 4 He may say ( boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
20. A large amount of money was squandered by him on gambling.
21. Now, remaining supplies of fossil fuels should be saved, not squandered.
22. John did not deny responsibility, claiming that Louis was a tyrant who squandered money.
23. The former Bournemouth player squandered three first-half chances and made little impact after the interval.
24. He said he had helped them in the past , but they had squandered his money .
25. Some, such as her fellow employees, might feel she had squandered a golden opportunity for advancing her career.
26. It was a cameo of City's campaign, their Coruscating skills tarnished by squandered opportunities and defensive fragility.
27. First, he demanded his inheritance, and then he squandered it “by living a debauched life.”
28. A doubt like faraway thunder threatens to ruin the day, that it's squandered on this.
29. A person who squandered his time in one cycle of life could gain it all back in another cycle.
30. To some extent the advances made in our primary schools in the wake of the Plowden Report have been squandered.
31. Major's first chance to show that he is his own man has been squandered on favours.
32. And that weakness was further underlined last Sunday when enough chances to win several matches were squandered against Limerick.
33. Conversely, other individuals richly blessed with advantages from birth squandered what they had and failed to live up to their full potential.
34. 17 And that weakness was further underlined last Sunday when enough chances to win several matches were squandered against Limerick.
35. "Baldy" Smith, who squandered the best opportunity for success on June 15) made up for the disparity in the sizes of the armies.
36. Examples from Classical Literature It was a cameo of City's campaign, their Coruscating skills tarnished by squandered opportunities and defensive fragility.
37. Their conversation soon turned to shared regrets about the large amount of money being squandered on environmental programs without commensurate result.
38. Sheldon: No, you squandered your time with me, and the moment has now passed. Feast on your disappointment, much as the capybara feasts on its own waste.
39. Later, after not many days, the younger son gathered all things together and traveled abroad into a distant country, and there squandered his property by living a debauched life.”—Luke 15:11-13.
40. The rights of our people to a fair chance to improve their lot cannot be abandoned because of environmental damage caused by others who followed a path which has squandered the earth’s resources.
41. It is sad to see how the potential of the Cancún meeting to provide African and other developing countries with an opportunity to work their way out of abject poverty was squandered
42. Surrounded by a crowd of slaves, mistresses and flatterers, they permitted the empire to be administered by unworthy favourites, while they squandered the money wrung from the provinces on costly buildings and expensive gifts to the churches of the metropolis.
43. The phrase alludes to several related proverbs, such as "give a Beggar a horse and he'll ride it to death" and "set a Beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil," which suggest that an unexpected windfall is often misused or squandered.
44. Aurei from Boscoreale hoard (1,084) (from CANTILENA 2007) Tiberius’ coins contribute to Indian hoards not only with the highest number of denarii, but also with the highest number of Aurei, part of which must have been seized by the trading élites after Gaius rapidly squandered Tiberius’ enormous cash reserve of 2.7 (or 2.4 or 3.3) billion
45. An Aspiring inventor, the father has squandered his years huddled over bubbling pots attempting to create an odourless shoe.: Jack is an Aspiring writer, three months on the wagon after his alcoholism caused family problems.: Some are the personal armies of Aspiring warlords, out to conquer as much territory as they can and hold it by force.: Before his fateful punch-up, Bardem had been an