trifle away
Example Sentences
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But though Fitzgerald had usually spent the summer months in travelling, he seemed perfectly contented to sing and doze and trifle away his time by Rosa's side, week after week.
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
Otherwise we waste time and trifle away vital energy.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
The philosophy of society is so practical that it is not allowed, even to a young Duke, absolutely to trifle away existence.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
It serves to modify the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal, loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle away; to squander away, etc.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Swing just a trifle away from the straight line outwards, and the moment you come back on to the ball draw the club sharply across it.
From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry
