trifle away

Example Sentences

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"There are more cafes in Paris than one, at which to trifle away an idle hour."

From Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

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

Suppers please me extremely; I love to rise and breakfast late, and to trifle away the day as I like.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace

To trifle away time is indeed to be the greatest of spendthrifts.

From How to Live a Holy Life by Orr, Charles Ebert

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)