Sentence examples for frivolous compared from inspiring English sources

Could it be that happiness is self-indulgent and frivolous compared to work and family and religion?

(We were at once confused and delighted by its name, so exquisitely frivolous compared with the Soviet anonymity of "Grocery Store"). I came to hate Pepsi.

As historical documents go, restaurant menus may seem a little frivolous compared to official records, private letters, or even newspaper and magazine clippings.

A vague impression is left that both the accusations and the evidence of party involvement were frivolous compared to the couple's virtuous intentions.

Most people regard Mr López Obrador's legal infringement as petty and even frivolous compared with what many PRI leaders have got away with in the past.

She may have felt her subjects "frivolous" compared to others', but remembers enjoying a friendly working atmosphere and being pleased to be chosen over other women in the office - perhaps, she thinks, because she already had a hat!

I had thought it a frivolous credo compared to, say, "Live Free or Die" {New Hampshire} or "Dare to Be True" (my high school), but it was beginning to seem quite sensible as the Miami summer rolled in.

Lawrence van Gelder of New York Times was a little more mixed, enjoying the experience, but finding it a little frivolous when compared to both its subject matter and events at the time.

The sexualisation of young women in music videos, the idealised image of beauty endlessly promoted on social media and the number of Female celebrities "flaunting their curves" on the Mail Online's "sidebar of shame" get little mention compared to frivolous headlines in Cosmo.

Compared to frivolous expression, I prefer to focus on real pain, which is so close to us.

Gabaldon's claim certainly perpetuates the idea that humanities degrees are frivolous and a poor investment compared to STEM or occupational degrees.