trifle away
Example Sentences
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"His Moneys he did not trifle away, but bestowed them upon good Books, Medals and other useful Rareties worth the Curiosity of a Compleat Gentleman."
From English Travellers of the Renaissance by Howard, Clare
Do not let us trifle away the time in needless discourse, said she, interrupting me: I make no doubt of your sincerity, and you shall quickly be convinced of mine.
From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous
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
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
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)
