Sentence examples for A trifle long from inspiring English sources
The fitter made the necessary diagnostic measurements and agreed that the trousers were a trifle long, but said there was nothing to be done about the width.
She cooked the egg yolks a trifle too long and had a little trouble making the mixture jell.
But those creations were just a trifle in a long and illustrious career, with fantastical catwalk creations for Alexander McQueen among Treacy's crowning glories.
Ms. Bergen, making a rare stage appearance, looks a trifle stiff as the long-suffering wife, but she hits her comic marks with crisp efficiency, delivering Alice's sardonic asides with the same brittle edge she brought to her performance on TV's "Murphy Brown".
Perhaps Mr Schwartz is preoccupied by high technology, which has fared well, but his broad predictions already look a trifle suspect, as the Asian economies contract and the stockmarket's long bull run falters (see chart).
"Inventions of the March Hare" brings to light a trove of almost fifty poems; after so long a wait, some of the verse might seem a trifle underpowered.
It is long-furred and the body is reddish above, with the head a trifle darker, and yellowish-brown below.
[French.] A trifle; a kickshaw.
Becomes a trifle voyeuristic.
