frivoling

Example Sentences

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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

He was rather Near when it came to frivoling away the National Bank Lithographs.

From More Fables by Ade, George

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

As they sat toying and frivoling behind the curtains of the wide living room in the Nesbit home, they saw Grant Adams’s big, awkward 509figure hurrying across the lawn.

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen