trifle away
Example Sentences
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She picked it up, polished it, and asked for a piece of paper to wrap it in, designing to carry the trifle away with her.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
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
It made me also angry with myself to think that I should have no more wit but to trifle away my time till my soul and heaven were lost.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
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)
To trifle away time is indeed to be the greatest of spendthrifts.
From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert
