trifle away
Example Sentences
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She dropped her eyes, leaning a trifle away from him.
From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West
In this ridiculous boy's-play the scholars trifle away their time; they are laughed at in the forum, and still worse, what they learn in their youth they do not forget at an advanced age.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
You succeed in nothing, sir; unstable as water, you trifle away all existence.
From International Weekly Miscellany — Volume 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850 by Various
“Spooks,” echoed Ben, edging a trifle away from the open trap door.
From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.
He merely closed his tired eyes and at the same time let his lower lip fall a trifle away from the upper, as his breath came brokenly between them.
From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various
