trifle away

Example Sentences

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Suppers please me extremely; I love to rise and breakfast late, and to trifle away the day as I like.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace

"Mr. Watt," said a friend to the father, "you ought to send that boy to school, and not let him trifle away his time at home."

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

But I didn't hear the words I moved a trifle away.

From Beyond the Vanishing Point by Cummings, Ray

She dropped her eyes, leaning a trifle away from him.

From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West

Do not let us trifle away the time in needless discourse, said she, interrupting me: I make no doubt of your sincerity, and you shall quickly be convinced of mine.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous