Sentence examples for on trifling from inspiring English sources

Or would I go on trifling, hiding all my affections?

They point out that while Mr Hu will sign agreements on trifling cultural matters in India, in Pakistan, his next destination, he will sign nuclear-power deals worth billions of dollars.

A sexy witch by the name of Angelique (Eva Green) puts a curse on Barnabas for trifling with her affections, turns him into a vampire and buries him alive in a coffin for two hundred years.

The lure of the movies did not stop him, however, from issuing one last book, on trifle (with Helen Saberi) and from supervising the republication of his three great seafood books, both here and in the United States.

Jackson, "like too many young men, sacrificing future prospects to present gratification," spent money on trifles, and was forever "irritable and hasty".

Baudelaire had an inheritance, albeit squandered on trifles, and Coleridge's charisma won him a lifetime annuity from the Wedgwood family.

Despite the old cliche of maiden aunts getting tipsy on trifle, boozy desserts won't actually get you drunk – will they?

Finally, Arthur's habit of expending millions on trifles — such as a rooftop apartment, furnished in grandiose-infantile style, with all of Hollywood craft devoted to re-creating the atmosphere of F. A. O. Schwarz — is, in a recessionary period, more than a little offensive.

Don't squander money on trifles like heat and health care!

Losses on its loans were trifling because borrowers, often landlords, had every reason to avoid foreclosure and could always sell their properties at a profit if they struggled with repayments.

Although the amount due this week was trifling (less than $15m), no government bail-out was on offer.