trifle
Example Sentences
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Still, it is the frolicsome rapport between the two stars that gives this comic trifle of a play its allure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Looking towards Christmas, the baker said he would be making a triple chocolate tart for his cousin Grace and might recreate his trifle from the show.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025
Layer it all in a shallow casserole dish or, if you’re feeling theatrical, a glass trifle dish, so the strata show through like geological layers of flavors.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025
His eyes are maybe a trifle close set, his lips a little thin.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
But the gift was what Father would have called a fairy trifle.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
Vocabulary lists containing trifle
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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Unit 1: Telling Details
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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