How to Use waste no time in a Sentence

waste no time

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  • Tonight: Skies waste no time in clearing out behind the exiting line of showers and storms.
    Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2020
  • The couple waste no time getting out and about with their relationship.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 15 July 2020
  • With their father in L.A., his angelic sons waste no time in reverting to form.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 May 2021
  • Both Brad and Cooper also waste no time in finding their own new love interests.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Less dense woodlands have more available light, which the shrub will waste no time in using to make more fruits, leading to even more seeds and higher invasion.
    Lorena Villanueva-Almanza, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Aug. 2020
  • For people who claim to love freedom, the political powers that be sure waste no time attacking it year after year.
    orlandosentinel.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • With a very large cast of rotating faces and superpowers, The Boys waste no time diving into what happens when these elements mix.
    Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Campbell received a glowing endorsement from the Globe on Thursday, which her team will doubtless waste no time converting into TV advertising.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2021

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