WASTE in a Sentence
Learn WASTE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
310 example sentences for WASTE, such as:
1. Worry is a total waste of time.
2. In my view it was a waste of time.
3. There was no delay, no waste of time.
4. The city was burnt to a desolate waste.
5. I think that is a total waste of money.
2. In my view it was a waste of time.
3. There was no delay, no waste of time.
4. The city was burnt to a desolate waste.
5. I think that is a total waste of money.
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Meanings and Examples of WASTE
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waste
v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
n. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Even the coming sun made but a pale waste in the sky, like a sad sea.
2 With doubts, because the aspiration had been so laid waste in her youth.
3 He sleeps," she said; "nature exhausted by sufferance and the waste of spirits, his wearied frame embraces the first moment of temporary relaxation to sink into slumber.
4 It suits not our condition to hold with thee long communication, nor do we waste words or time upon any one.
5 But what goes in waste is saved in wages, and a lot more.
6 I don't want to waste time at Wragby, it's an awful place.
7 So I'm a bit of a waste ticket by myself.
8 I am of some use, I hope, in preventing waste and making the most of things.
9 The past has been a dreary waste with you, of youthful energies mis-spent, and such priceless treasures lavished, as the Creator bestows but once and never grants again, but, for the future, you may hope.
10 The part which provoked her most, was that in all this waste of foresight and caution, she should have lost the right moment for seeing whether he saw them.
11 After the waste of a few minutes in saying the proper nothings, she began to give the invitation which was to comprise all the remaining dues of the Musgroves.
12 There was no delay, no waste of time.
13 But the mind within was beginning to use it as a mere waste tablet whereon to trace its idiosyncrasies as they developed themselves.
14 Seizing with the tongs the image that she had made of Eustacia, she held it in the heat, and watched it as it began to waste slowly away.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
15 "Yes, Sam," said Grandfer Cantle, as a man too busy to waste words.
Example Sentence: (100 in 7 pages)
1 The ability to separate out reusable elements from other waste is crucial.
2 That meeting achieved absolutely nothing - it was a complete waste of time.
3 It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
4 The funds available for the health service are finite and we cannot afford to waste money.
5 Worry is a total waste of time.
6 I think that is a total waste of money.
7 The waste unit is designed to fit under the sink.
8 In my view it was a waste of time.
9 You could waste your whole life on a pipe-dream.
10 Persons dying from cancer grow thin and visibly waste away.
11 The city was burnt to a desolate waste.
12 The council offers free collection of waste.
13 The meeting was a complete and utter waste of time.
14 No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources.
15 They tried to recuperated waste heat to produce electric current.