trifle away
Example Sentences
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One day a friend was urging his father to send James to school, and not allow him to trifle away his time at home.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
We must do our own share in keeping away from the danger, and not trifle away the strength we ask for.
From More About Peggy by Unknown
Otherwise we waste time and trifle away vital energy.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Just as I got into the woods, he came up and told me to stop my cart, and that he would teach me how to trifle away my time, and break gates.
From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Douglass, Frederick
How am I to bring up my children if I trifle away my time?
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
