frivolously

Example Sentences

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"Sometimes it's weighing the option, so I must ensure I've got money for the bus, but I can't just use it frivolously because I might need it for something else," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

And please don’t forget our unhoused neighbors who don’t have the option of frivolously complaining about all this.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

“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

“When you’re a kid frivolously playing with something you think is a toy, this is what happens.”

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2022

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