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Example sentences for "trifle less"

  • His tone was a trifle less combative as he answered.

  • He became more taciturn, a trifle less charitable, a little harder and more worldly.

  • Jed's voice was a trifle less listless as he answered.

  • His gaze shifted and his tone when he next spoke was a trifle less savage.

  • But they were young and foolish, and after a while they forgot to miss him, particularly Gladys, whose mother had asked her not to dance quite so often with Gerald, and to favour him a trifle less frequently in cotillon.

  • Twelve inches above the handle it is a trifle less than 1-1/4 wide by 1 inch thick.

  • The proper length of a yew bow should be the height of the man that shoots it, or a trifle less.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "trifle less" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    black belt; brilliantly lighted; dried fruits; eleven hundred; equilateral triangle; forty days; had bought; hard service; help him; hurried down; important article; intellectual progress; nous sommes; shall save his people from their; somewhat long; specimen taken; sweet corn; tous les; treated like; trifle astonished; trifle difficult; trifle grim; trifle less; trifle more; young fellow; zinc ointment