Sentences with trifle
tri·fle
T t - He had no money to spare on trifles.
- A trifle more enthusiasm
- Trifle is the general term meaning to treat without earnestness, full attention, definite purpose, etc. [to trifle with a person, an idea, etc.]; flirt implies a light, transient interest or attention that quickly moves on to another person or thing [she's always flirting with men]; dally implies a playing with a subject or thing that one has little or no intention of taking seriously [to dally with painting]; coquet suggests the behavior of a flirtatious woman who seeks attention or admiration without serious intent; , toy implies a trifling or dallying with no purpose beyond that of amusement or idling away time [to toy with an idea]
- To trifle with a person's affections
- Not a person to trifle with
- To trifle the hours away
- She's still a trifle angry.
- Don't trifle with me!
- He sat trifling with a pen.