triviality
Example Sentences
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Some of her patients apologized for the seeming triviality of their traumas compared with the horrors she survived.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
He also took aim at the newspaper articles submitted as evidence of illicit newsgathering, saying they offered a "breathtaking level of triviality".
From BBC • May 12, 2023
Waters tackled big topics: “Time,” “Money,” war, the inevitability of death, the triviality of daily life, the importance of seizing the moment.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
This is not glamorous, but I do think, in its triviality, and in its, let's say, almost monstrosity, we can relate to that.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2021
Helen Burns asked some slight question about her work of Miss Smith, was chidden for the triviality of the inquiry, returned to her place, and smiled at me as she again went by.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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