trifle

Example Sentences

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Nominating this popcorn trifle for best picture is silly, but at least it didn’t get a screenplay nod for a script that’s simply: See Brad Pitt go, go, go.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

“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

"I remember coming here with my mum to buy trifle and she used to buy chocolate cakes here for me and my brother on our birthdays."

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

Katz was instantly transformed—so much so that he felt perhaps a trifle too much at home.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson