trifle away

Example Sentences

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I understand that Dona Dolores is fond of music, although she tells me that I trifle away my time by practising it.”

From In New Granada Heroes and Patriots by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The day was not sufficient for her employments, therefore she could not be reduced to trifle away any part of it for fear of its lying heavy on her hands.

From A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue by Scott, Sarah

He merely closed his tired eyes and at the same time let his lower lip fall a trifle away from the upper, as his breath came brokenly between them.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

“Spooks,” echoed Ben, edging a trifle away from the open trap door.

From The Boys of the Wireless by Webster, Frank V.

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