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
Rachel attempts to help with the cooking, creating a trifle that includes custard, jam, beef and peas.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
“Baking should spark joy for both the maker and the recipient. There’s room for a trifle and a heart-shaped Lambeth cake. One doesn’t cancel the other.”
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025
That said, it’s a trifle on the scale of this 10-story whipped cream cake.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025
A couple of the very youngest children dragged the tempo a trifle, but in a way that only the composer’s mother could have found fault with.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing trifle
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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