trifle
Example Sentences
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Still, it is the frolicsome rapport between the two stars that gives this comic trifle of a play its allure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Out of magnanimity, I’ll liken this trifle to a Rothko.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
This tour has ended like all the others – injuries, collapses in form and a selection trifle.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026
Still on my must-try list: a gingerbread-cranberry cheesecake trifle at Disneyland’s Jolly Holiday Bakery Cafe and the gingerbread pancakes at River Belle Terrace.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
She looked a trifle dazed and who could blame her, but after a minute or so she was on her feet again and tottering back towards the playground.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing trifle
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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