How to Use squander in a Sentence

squander

1 of 2 verb

• He vowed not to squander this opportunity.
• Cease walked too many batters and was left in the game to squander a lead.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• That set the tone for a day where the Tigers again squandered so many chances.
  — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• Chancers that were there that day … only to be squandered in the pivotal first half.
  — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
• But won’t New York just squander it, like always?
  — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• The Giants squandered so much of that love and labor.
  — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
• No one wants to squander water or create runoff that impacts rivers and streams.
  — oregonlive, 27 June 2021
• Bell might have squandered his last chance to become a world champion.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
• Big bundles of money to squander there’ll be scam artists using it.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 10 May 2022
• The Padres squandered a chance in the fifth with shoddy baserunning.
  — CBS News, 7 June 2026
• Your good graces with this family are too precious to squander.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
• But what mattered most, what will stick with the Chiefs the most, was how it all was squandered in the end.
  — Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
• Both of their big-money strikers squandered decent chances.
  — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• The Royals also squandered chances in the fourth and sixth innings.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2026
• Indeed, the more money squandered by fraud, the less available to help those who truly need it.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
• Midterm elections are rarely kind to parties that squander good economic news.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
• The Dodgers squandered the effort with a lack of offense, in their first loss of the season.
  — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
• Buckets with the biggest leaks could squander most of the benefits.
  — Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
• But granted a 2-0 lead, Suárez seemed ready to squander it with dispatch.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
• Chicago squandered a lead in the fourth quarter and lost the game 27-24.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• The horde of Roth fans saw their opportunity and did not squander it.
  — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• The crash caused a safety car to come in with Massa in the lead and squandered his advantage.
  — Mauricio Savarese, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• Despite their adventures, most of their money is squandered on vices or lost to others.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
• Ukraine’s president calls on his most powerful ally to not squander the chance to make peace.
  — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
• The Bruins won after both teams squandered one-goal leads in the third period.
  — ABC News, 25 Mar. 2026
• In other games during the barren run, chances have been created and squandered.
  — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
• Both were squandered as they were left stranded due to a Chestnut swinging strikeout.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
• Because there is too much Latinx talent and genius that gets squandered.
  — John Leguizamo, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2023
• The Avs squandered a 3-0 first-period lead.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
• The Orioles had their chance to win Tuesday night’s game in the ninth inning and squandered it.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023

squander

2 of 2 noun

• Sunday saw the Sox squander a grand slam by Montgomery and a big lead.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
• And that failing to do so squanders huge amounts of human capital.
  — Kelly Field, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
• For the second game in a row, the Red Sox got off to promising start, only to see the bullpen squander it.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• Those on hand saw the A’s squander an early 6-2 lead then force extra innings in dramatic fashion.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
• The Sox mounted an even more formidable threat – with an even more monumental squander – in the bottom of the first.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
• If the Jazz squander playoff possessions or get sloppy on those trips, their chances at winning will greatly diminish.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 May 2021
• Led by patriarch Eli Gemstone, the Gemstones build their ministry empire and squander much of the church’s money in the process.
  — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
• After seeing his team squander chance after chance, Etowah’s Matthew Sharman wasn’t going to waste any opportunity to score.
  — Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
• By late afternoon, Petrino watched his University of Arkansas football team (2-8, 0-6 SEC) squander a 14-0 first-quarter advantage in a 23-22 loss at LSU.
  — Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 17 Nov. 2025