Sentence examples for down a trifle from inspiring English sources

He made such an apology, and I guess I have to put my political capital where my mouth is and defend the notion of a President Barbour.I think both my Texan colleague and Josh Marshall come down a trifle too hard on Mr Barbour.

I'll say it again: deep down, we are all the same," he has said, or, a trifle less elaborately, "Take care of yourself, and each other".

I suspect regular readers of this blog would be a trifle sceptical if I started down that path.

"It rather tends to give me the pip and makes me think of popping down into the country till things have bucked up a trifle".

They worry that AIG's woes will drag down ILFC: its credit rating was cut along with its parent's following the latest loss.Such huffing is a trifle disingenuous.

A trifle overwrought?

Call it a trifle.

Becomes a trifle voyeuristic.

(He looks a trifle smug).

This seems a trifle cynical.

It seems a trifle presumptuous.