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trifles 1 of 2

plural of trifle

trifles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of trifle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for trifles
Verb
  • In the middle of all this, Alexa and Lino remain pretty steadfast in their commitment to each other (except when Lino occasionally gets the urge to cheat and flirts with Alex, who turns him down every time).
    Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
  • This approach flirts with sketch comedy stretched beyond its natural limits, but is fully validated in the form of Poorna Jagannathan’s Auntie Lucky, the Dars’ doting family friend who turns out to be a cold-blooded queenpin.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This obscure Jordanian company underwrites weird risks in weird places (recent claim: loss from cancellation of a rock concert in Venice after the lead singer inhaled smoke from a fire at a gig in Paris).
    William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Crews from the Trumbull Center, Long Hill and Nichols Fire Departments responded and found smoke caused by a small electrical fire from a power cord.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • No one has ever rushed to the theatre for the sake of Hero and Claudio, the secondary lovers, whose wooings and sunderings, though eventful, seem like very small beer compared with the rich flirtatious spirits of the primary pair.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This was, to Biden’s critics on the left, small beer.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Trifles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trifles. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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