All three got out and wasted several seconds just stomping their feet on the cracked pavement.

The German mercenary had wasted precious seconds trying to kill her in the parking lot.

The loss of traction on one side has caused them to waste precious seconds running in a circle.

But at the top he had to waste precious seconds unwrapping the chain.

She could not waste precious seconds in searching for it.

Centrifugal force had sucked blood from his brain, mid he wasted long seconds in recovery.

It happened so fast that Blade wasted crucial seconds in staring.

Instead of leading the defense, I wasted precious seconds going back for him.

He didn't waste precious seconds thinking about what to do; he automatically did it.

He had too much to do, and too little time to do it, to waste precious seconds simply getting from one place to another.