frivol

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

I was not put here in the world to frivol through a life of gross pleasure.

From Queed by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

"I can't tell you that," Win answered in a changed tone, as if suddenly she were weary of trying to "frivol."

From Winnie Childs The Shop Girl by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)