'trifle' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'trifle' with 12 example sentences.
- trifle noun
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: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
: a detail that is considered insignificant
: something of small importance
- trifle verb
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: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
: act frivolously
: consider not very seriously
Don't waste time on trifles.
"Why?" asked the daughter, a trifle irritated.
In order to make life happy, you must love the everyday trifles.
I know better than to quarrel with her about trifles.
He is not a man to trifle with.
It was foolish of him to waste his money on such trifles.
Sally Palmer is not a woman to be trifled with.
I paid only a trifle for the picture.
Mike and David are always quarreling with each other over trifles.
My brother-in-law is ready to lose his temper at trifles.
Perfection is a trifle dull.
I am a trifle sad.