5 uses
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Definition
something of small importance; or a small quantity
- The lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.Chapter 8 (55% in)
- Edna was a trifle embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman's favor.Chapter 9 (71% in)
- Madame Lebrun grew a trifle hysterical; Robert called his brother some sharp, hard names.Chapter 15 (24% in)
- But it's just such seeming trifles that we've got to take seriously; such things count."Chapter 17 (59% in)
- He thrust the pouch back in his pocket, as if to put away the subject with the trifle which had brought it up.Chapter 34 (43% in)
There are no more uses of "trifle" in The Awakening.
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