frivol

Example Sentences

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For his present visit, Gielgud apparently questioned the importance of being earnest: he would frivol first in Wilde's classic farce, later in Congreve's Restoration comedy, Love for Love.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were few awards in fields of frivol: Oscars, Tonys, Grammys didn't exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

He only signaled to another guard—this one taller and older—who said, “Step aside, please, or we’ll have to arrest you. This is not a place to frivol with.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

I am ever Yours Sincerely,  Past the shadow of a doubt, Yours Forever, if you'll merely        Cut the frivol out.

From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)

But I ought to be staid; I can’t afford to frivol any longer, for I am going to take a most important step, and start life on my own account.”

From The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.