trifle away
Example Sentences
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In this ridiculous boy's-play the scholars trifle away their time; they are laughed at in the forum, and still worse, what they learn in their youth they do not forget at an advanced age.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
What a fool he had been to trifle away his time till his soul and heaven were lost!”
From The Life of John Bunyan by Venables, Edmund
She dropped her eyes, leaning a trifle away from him.
From Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain by Kinney, Margaret West
But I didn't hear the words I moved a trifle away.
From Beyond the Vanishing Point by Cummings, Ray
How am I to bring up my children if I trifle away my time?
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
