trifle away
Example Sentences
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The philosophy of society is so practical that it is not allowed, even to a young Duke, absolutely to trifle away existence.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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
But though Fitzgerald had usually spent the summer months in travelling, he seemed perfectly contented to sing and doze and trifle away his time by Rosa's side, week after week.
From A Romance of the Republic by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
How am I to bring up my children if I trifle away my time?
From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile
"Mr. Watt," said a friend to the father, "you ought to send that boy to school, and not let him trifle away his time at home."
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
