frivolity
Example Sentences
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Instead, like a still condensing sugar-saturated slop into a refined liquor, this downsizing concentrates the force of his images, shifting the mood from one of frivolity to seriousness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Mixing humour and politics - a tactic social scientists call "tactical frivolity" - is not new.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
“Frying the small fish” is a term Delta uses to acknowledge the campy frivolity of some of the topics on her show.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
It’s been a tough morning on all of us, her supervisor sighs, “and I thought a little frivolity would be just what the doctor ordered.”
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2025
It was an act of impulsive frivolity and rebellion for which he knew afterward he would be punished severely.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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