bagatelle

Example Sentences

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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

Besides the wet bar, there’s a card table and a bagatelle table, a game derived from billiards.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019

Reynard the Fox has returned — and it is here that Handler’s bagatelle ceases to be a bagatelle.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2019

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

One of the essays of Franklin is an essay which he termed a "bagatelle," but which is of a different cast from most of his papers bearing that designation.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell