bagatelle
Example Sentences
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A bagatelle the length of a pop song, Beethoven’s trifle is recognizable from the start: a wobble between E and D sharp that gives way to a tune you’ve heard virtually everywhere.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2021
But that case involved tens of thousands of dollars - a mere bagatelle compared to the monster cryptocurrency scam whose story is being told in an enthralling BBC podcast.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2019
In 2008, he made his first feature, “Medicine for Melancholy,” a winsome bagatelle starring Wyatt Cenac as a San Francisco hipster who embarks on a fleeting romance when a one-night-stand turns into a 24-hour walk-and-talkathon.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2018
Aside from a small display at the entrance featuring an 1800s-era bagatelle and amusing assortment of objects inside vintage machines, visitors are left to self-discovery.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2018
I knew his people were fairly well to do, and that the eight dollars a week I paid him were a mere bagatelle toward his living expenses.
From Dawson Black: Retail Merchant by Whitehead, Harold
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.