trifles

Example Sentences

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“It’s all over Pinterest,” said Kraft Heinz’s Molly White, referring to the flurry of Fourth-of-July trifles and “fluff” salads.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2025

She’s interested in adding regular savories such as pasties and sausage rolls, and maybe bringing new treats such as trifles or Eton Messes to her roster.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Other, seemingly familiar terms — romper room, sherry trifles — have their innocence stripped from them to reveal a second, more sinister meaning.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2022

The Ray Anthony Orchestra was a prolific ensemble, releasing countless dance singles in the early 1950s, including “The Hokey Pokey” and “The Bunny Hop” — swinging trifles that captured a national audience almost immediately.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2022

The lesser rings were only essays in the craft before it was full-grown, and to the Elven-smiths they were but trifles — yet still to my mind dangerous for mortals.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien