trifle
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The game badly misses Alcaraz—“Tennis needs him,” Sinner said Sunday—but no tennis player should trifle with a bad wrist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Still, it is the frolicsome rapport between the two stars that gives this comic trifle of a play its allure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
This tour has ended like all the others – injuries, collapses in form and a selection trifle.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
Rachel’s trifle is “Friends” legend in large part because Joey actually likes it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
“Always the heavy,” Zooey said, a trifle too matter-of-factly.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
A rewatch lends itself to the trifles peppered throughout Wineman’s clever script, but there’s nothing quite like the first time seeing his film transform from its humble beginnings to its jaw-dropping final act.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
She’s interested in adding regular savories such as pasties and sausage rolls, and maybe bringing new treats such as trifles or Eton Messes to her roster.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Other, seemingly familiar terms — romper room, sherry trifles — have their innocence stripped from them to reveal a second, more sinister meaning.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2022
The Ray Anthony Orchestra was a prolific ensemble, releasing countless dance singles in the early 1950s, including “The Hokey Pokey” and “The Bunny Hop” — swinging trifles that captured a national audience almost immediately.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
I wonder whether the relief agencies will see value in helping us get these trifles.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
“While we want stable relationships,” Graham said, “we will not be trifled with.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
“These fittings are not something to be trifled with.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
From eating holes in people's brains to generating nasty tumors to putting folks in comas, some fungi are not to be trifled with.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
Sleep is not to be trifled with; there is nothing low-stakes about it.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023
She told them calmly, “Never mind, girls, this machine mustn’t be trifled with, but certainly is airworthy.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The traffic cone guys weren't letting such trifling issues dampen their day.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
But it’s the songs that talk about brushing off stifling, trifling men, including the title track and “What Have You Done For Me Lately,” that have the most staying power.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2026
Before IMG and ProServ, athletes typically got trifling rewards for endorsing products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Whatever the cause, it is not some trifling oversight; this blunder undermined Ziegler’s most important legal rejoinder to the majority.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2025
We were in a perpetual conversation with each other on topics both solemn and trifling.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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