trifle

Example Sentences

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Nominating this popcorn trifle for best picture is silly, but at least it didn’t get a screenplay nod for a script that’s simply: See Brad Pitt go, go, go.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Looking towards Christmas, the baker said he would be making a triple chocolate tart for his cousin Grace and might recreate his trifle from the show.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

That said, it’s a trifle on the scale of this 10-story whipped cream cake.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025

“To make trifle, I’d have told you how to make the custard, how to make the sponge cake, probably even how to make the jam.”

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

She exerted herself, and did try to make her comfortable, by considering all that had passed as a mere trifle, and quite unworthy of being dwelt on,

From "Emma" by Jane Austen