fritter - use in sentences

Object

  • money: Everyone who gives up their salary has access to the cash, and an agreement exists not to fritter the money away on extravagance.

Converse of object

  • make: The creamy white flower racemes have been used to make delicious fritters.

Adjective modifier

  • crispy: My companion chose a creamy mango pudding while I had crispy banana fritters with vanilla ice-cream and honey.
  • sweet: I might substitute any of those for sweet corn fritters or fried bread.
  • hot: She opened her mouth wide so she could eat a hot apple fritter using only her front teeth.
  • old: The tiny speckled ultramarine badger quickly devoured the moldy old spam fritter.

Modifying Another Word

  • away: They must not be frittered away in the pursuit of wealth.
  • not: And let us not fritter away the truth by supposing this reconciliation to mean a change in the sinner's heart to God.
  • all: But it was all frittered away when I took up with Paul.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • away: Added chances to fritter away my hard earned cash?

Particle object: away_obj

  • money: One argument has been that having no conditions over use of the fund will lead young adults to just fritter away the money.
  • hour: You can easily fritter away hours evaluating the options and variations.
  • time: Back home, I seemed to fritter away some time.
  • opportunity: We all talk about Tony Blair as the lightweight who has frittered away the enormous opportunity of his big majorities.

Noun used with modifier

  • banana: An asterisk denoted that the green banana fritters were vegan - really weird.
  • spam: PS the spam fritter & chips in gravy was to die for!
  • apple: She opened her mouth wide so she could eat a hot apple fritter using only her front teeth.
  • corn: I might substitute any of those for sweet corn fritters or fried bread.
  • conch: Your own correspondent makes his first foray into a local specialty, conch fritters.
  • potato: Travis are noted fans of its potato fritters and Manic Street Preacher James Dean Bradfield is also a staunch supporter.

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