trifle with
Example Sentences
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Adult tyrannosaurs, she adds, probably wouldn’t trifle with such small creatures because they didn’t provide many calories.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023
“The stakes were far, far too high for them to trifle with settling scores with me or any other civilian,” he said.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 26, 2019
The ultra-friendly Hypocrites are so good at loosening up a room with their atmospherics that you may wonder: why bother with “The Mikado”? Why trifle with “Pirates”?
From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2016
It was clear we should not trifle with the U.S. marshals.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2011
“Mr. Weston do not trifle with me.—Consider how many of my dearest friends are now in Brunswick Square. Which of them is it?—I charge you by all that is sacred, not to attempt concealment.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
