trifle with
Example Sentences
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The game badly misses Alcaraz—“Tennis needs him,” Sinner said Sunday—but no tennis player should trifle with a bad wrist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
Top the trifle with the zest of the orange leftover from the sweet potatoes.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2021
For “a spell,” she writes in her book, “Flyover Nation,” the phone directory didn’t trifle with some people’s full names, simply listing them with nicknames like “Clunker,” “Boots” and “Speedy.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
He had a giant scar slanting down each cheek and seemed like no one to trifle with.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
