piffle

Example Sentences

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I defy you to tell me what this blithering piffle actually means.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

In retrospect, was Blinken’s vision of music as a vehicle of global transformation a blip and a piffle, a charmingly naïve indulgence?

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023

They may sound like piffle, and perhaps they are, but they were formative.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

In the middle of the season, that is just a piffle.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2019

Not that he minded kissing Mrs. Red House's hand in the least, especially as she seemed to think it was nice of him to—but the whole thing is such contemptible piffle.

From New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune by Nesbit, E. (Edith)