frivolously

Example Sentences

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It’s a . . . creative metaphor for the dangers of having too much power and wielding it frivolously without fear of the consequences.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023

“We can’t throw things to space frivolously and say, ‘Well, if it doesn’t work, let’s build another one.’”

From Science Magazine • Aug. 10, 2022

He would bring in extra players, like Leigh Bowery or his mum, but nothing was frivolously done, everything was rigorous.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020

“Human nature is not as bad as we are often told,” a disheartened Cage wrote in a letter to a frivolously irresponsible orchestra sabotaging a 1990 production of “Europeras” in Zurich, Switzerland.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2018

He writes he’s not with Sien without thought, frivolously, but “in damned earnest.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman