Sentence examples for a trifling quantity from inspiring English sources

First of all, a handful is a trifling quantity when you consider just how much of the stuff there is in the world, and fear is only one of the surprisingly intense responses Mr. Bitomsky conjures up.

"This is a trifling and embarrassingly small amount," said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States.

That isn't a trifling number.

This is not a trifling achievement.

This is by no means a trifling or frequent gift.

A pancreatic cyst-even a pseudocyst-is not a trifling affliction.

Don't think that this is a trifling matter.

Cooking oil may seem a trifling expense in the West.

In one speech Vishinsky compared the new Three Power Disarmament proposal to a trifling, specious dead mouse.

And Liza realized that her marriage could not be broken up by a trifling episode.

Yet radical welfare reform will inevitably arouse far more opposition than a trifling cut in benefits.