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

My capacity for frivol has died a violent death, and I feel all ‘out of the picture’ in a ballroom.

From A Question of Marriage by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

At noon one would find something like the old frivol in the Ritz Restaurant,—large parties of much-dressed and much-eating women.

From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert