Example sentences for: frivolous

How can you use “frivolous” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Stamp collectors moan that the Postal Service issues too many stamps, often commemorating frivolous subjects such as Bugs Bunny, hoping that customers will buy and hold these stamps rather than use them.

  • In current American usage, the term resembles what we call kidding: that is, making fun of someone or some thing in a frivolous manner, such as in the obligatory banter at roasts of famous people.

  • And most striking, in my view, is the hypocrisy (or ignorance) and class bias of feminists and liberals--who proclaimed during the Hill-Thomas uproar that "women don't make these things up," and that "you just don't get it" if you presumed Thomas innocent until proven guilty--only to spurn Jones' allegations of far more serious (indeed, criminal) conduct as unworthy of belief and legally frivolous.

  • ' Adding to the pile of verbal garbage is balderdash, which reaches back to the late 16th century and originally meant a `hodgepodge of liquors, such as wine mixed with beer,' perfect for washing down a mishmash of pretentious and frivolous blather.

  • Reducing insurance rates by discouraging frivolous lawsuits is a perfectly sound idea.


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