trifle away

Example Sentences

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"His Moneys he did not trifle away, but bestowed them upon good Books, Medals and other useful Rareties worth the Curiosity of a Compleat Gentleman."

From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Howard, Clare

He merely closed his tired eyes and at the same time let his lower lip fall a trifle away from the upper, as his breath came brokenly between them.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

A friend looking at the child of six said to his father, "You ought to send your boy to a public school, and not allow him to trifle away his time at home."

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

"There are more cafes in Paris than one, at which to trifle away an idle hour."

From Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Well, if you know that, why do you trifle away your minutes?

From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten