Sentence examples for a trifle dated from inspiring English sources
That observation may be a trifle dated: since 2005, Communist Party leaders have been rehabilitating the image of Mr. Hu, who was forced out as Communist Party general secretary in 1987, two years before the Tiananmen demonstrations.
I had thrown my red canoe on the roof, to explore the lazy Connecticut River oxbows the road flanks, and to hide an inspection sticker that was -- how shall I put this? -- a trifle out of date.
In his camp-cockney nasal protestations ("Don't you think this is a trifle out of date, sergeant?"), one can hear something of the angry young men who had begun to rebel against peacetime conscription.
Some Lowestoft pieces bear dates, names of owners, or the words "A Trifle from Lowestoft," and specimens with the mark of Meissen or Worcester are not uncommon.
"Outwardly," Freud went on, perhaps a trifle disingenuously, "my life has passed calmly and uneventfully and can be covered by a few dates".
That looks a trifle tardy when you consider that the broader evolution of the concept (pdf) has been linked with physiocracy, an economic theory dating back to the 18th century.
The date pudding, with dark rum caramel and whipped cream, was delicious, but the soufflé was a trifle undercooked.
(He looks a trifle smug).
Becomes a trifle voyeuristic.
