frivol

There were few awards in fields of frivol: Oscars, Tonys, Grammys didn't exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

For his present visit, Gielgud apparently questioned the importance of being earnest: he would frivol first in Wilde's classic farce, later in Congreve's Restoration comedy, Love for Love.

From Time Magazine Archive

He only signaled to another guard—this one taller and older—who said, “Step aside, please, or we’ll have to arrest you. This is not a place to frivol with.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Everything seems different and more solemn, and I don’t think I can ever frivol again in quite the same whole-hearted way.

From The Heart of Una Sackville by Tarrant, Peter

Whether some superstitious lady thought that the wearing of horns would keep away the evil eye, or whether it was a mere frivol of some vain Duchess, I do not know.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

To him, life is a boon, a privilege, an investment, an opportunity, a responsibility, and, therefore, a gift too precious to be squandered or frivoled away.

From The Reconstructed School by Pearson, Francis B.

She sneered at his ills, And quadrupled his bills, And spent nearly twice what he earned; Her husband deserted, And frivoled, and flirted, Till Ferdinand’s reason was turned.

From Grimm Tales Made Gay by Levering, Albert

Where he had doubted, he was now convinced; where he had frivoled, he was in deep, intense earnest; the fact that there would be certain difficulties to overcome only seemed to strengthen the inward determination.

From Flaming June by Gilbert, A.

But the other men made them first, you see, and I've just frivoled and played.

From Glory of Youth by Hutt, Henry

To think that I, Geoffrey Fox, who have frittered and frivoled, should have put on paper things which have burned into men's consciousness and have made them better.

From Mistress Anne by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

Falstaff, still the boon companion of the errant, frivoling Prince Hal, swaggers and swills in rich midsummer plenty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps this was intended to stifle persistent rumors of a rift between General Weygand and the Vichy Government, for otherwise it did not seem like the week for Vichymen to go frivoling.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just think what I might be had I been prepared for life like Malcolm or Oliver, instead of wasting all my years frivoling.

From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Prouty, Olive Higgins

Oh, to show Colonel Stoddard my one-man and no-horse farm—you know, the automatically cultivated ten-acre stunt I've been frivoling with.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack

Prue was the locust, frivoling away the summer.

From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert

He asked her all about herself, where she lived, if she got up early, if she was busy, if she frivolled, and arrived at a mental summary of her circumstances.

From Married Life The True Romance by Edginton, May

"If I have frivolled enough, it's about time you said something."

From Out of the Primitive by Bennet, Robert Ames

He felt it utterly unfair that she should sit alone by an empty hearth while he and Jean frivolled.

From The Tin Soldier by Bailey, Temple

“Stop frivolling, and let me get to my point!” commanded Raymonde.

From The Madcap of the School by Salmon, Balliol

I suppose you think I have no right to be frivolling in these very serious times, but I am afraid I am rather an offender when the humour takes me.

From Nobody's Man by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Yachting on the Mediterranean, or frivolling on the Riviera.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian

Going, gadding, frivolling, flirting—that was the old Harvey.

From What's-His-Name by Fisher, Harrison

She had a way of making the frivolling talk of the supper table appear a warrantable substitute for the things that Peter knew, even while he echoed her phrases, that he wasn't getting.

From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon