Sentence example with the word 'squander'

squander

ablate, consume, disburse, erode, fork out, impoverish, open the purse, run through, slather, throw, wear

Definition v. spend thoughtlessly

Last update: July 29, 2015


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When the choice before us is life or death, we so often squander wealth on the waste of war.   [verb]

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I think we seem to squander the legacy we have been given, often through complete apathy.   [verb]

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He is royal in nothing except his extravagance, which has squandered more millions than I dare mention since he landed at Dover.   [verb]

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Albans, a son of Belial, who would hazard his immortal soul on a cast of the dice, and lose it as freely as he has squandered his royal mistress's money.   [verb]

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Tarras-Briukhan, the other brother, did not squander the gold he obtained from Ivan, but instead greatly increased his wealth, and at the same time lived well.   [verb]

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In this country squandered gold seems like the grass which, when mowed, springs up anew.   [verb]

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Her love, her mother's heart, her honor; and Magdalen had squandered and ruined all these by her own guilt.   [verb]

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The Oriental recklessly squandered her once noble gifts of intellect and the wealth of her people, yielded to the hasty impulses of her passionate nature.   [verb]

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