You can spend a great deal of time making an object only for it to break in the kiln.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

But,in his words, "A smart entrepreneur should spend his time developing the business rather than the business plan."

VOA: special.2009.06.26

In nineteen fifty-two, Miss Carson was able to leave her job at the Fish and Wildlife Service and spend her time writing.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

They wish he would spend more time on the economy. They don't like the health care bill."

VOA: special.2010.01.23

Paul liked to spend as much time as he could at the theater where Charley Edwards and his group acted in their plays.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

American writer Alice Kahn is said to have invented the term to describe young people who spend a lot of time using computers.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

But around the world,he says, there is a subculture of people who spend a great deal of time trying to set or break records.

VOA: special.2011.05.16

"I don't think President Obama and the Democrats were expecting to have to spend so much time on health care because it is dragging on.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

The loneliness spreads as neighbors who were close friends now spend less time together.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

And it shortens the amount of time patients must spend in the hospital.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

You can spend quiet time looking at the mountains off to the east.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

"I don't really do a whole lot. I normally just spend time with family, go out to eat,hang out, wait for the ball to drop on TV."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

The more time you spend exercising, the more health benefits you get.

VOA: special.2010.06.08