How to Use trivial in a Sentence

trivial

adjective
  • Compared to her problems, our problems seem trivial.
  • There’s a lot of good stuff, and there’s a lot of trash and trivial stuff.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The sense that the world is in crisis and cards are trivial?
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • But while the fine was trivial, the rest of the decision was not.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The crux of the tragedy is a trivial element of roadwork.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The point appears to be trivial, but one Auburn felt to make known.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 9 Aug. 2019
  • And while some people may think of hair as trivial, that's not the case, Rosette said.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Bug bites seem to be the universe’s way of slapping us on the wrist for our trivial wrongs.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There's no need to make a big deal out of something that might turn out to be trivial in the end.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • And again, that's just two cans or pints of beer, which will sound like a trivial amount to many drinkers.
    — New Atlas, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Of course, most of these attacks wouldn't be trivial to pull off.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 10 June 2020
  • Did the loss in the Finals render the 73-win record trivial and foolish?
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Bug bites seem to be the universe’s way of slapping us on the wrist for our trivial wrongs.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 25 July 2024
  • The fines are trivial compared to their revenue streams.
    — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • In the context of so much being shut down, the question of singing may sound trivial.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 10 June 2020
  • Just how trivial will only be borne out in the coming days and weeks.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Most of these mutations are trivial, and don’t change how the virus affects the body.
    — Klint Finley, Wired, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Above all else, the products Trump was selling were half-baked and trivial.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 May 2022
  • So that seems to apply even to sports, something that seems kind of trivial.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
  • People spend up to 90% of their time indoors, so the question of whether or not to wear shoes in the house is not a trivial one.
    — Mark Patrick Taylor, CBS News, 26 May 2023
  • Taking a step back to protect her mind and her body should not be trivial.
    — Analis Bailey, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
  • Most are trivial, such as a man running out in a chicken suit.
    — The Economist, 13 June 2020
  • But in the near term, AI will automate the boring, trivial stuff first.
    — Christoph Drösser, Scientific American, 8 June 2024
  • Of course, if the monster was real, grabbing bae's hand wouldn't save you, but that doesn't make the act trivial.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 4 Jan. 2019
  • The first episode of the Disney+ series WandaVision raises a lot of questions, most of them trivial in the grand scheme of life.
    — Abraham Riesman, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Casting actors to make a film in secret (at the risk of jail time or worse) is no trivial task.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Ever the philosopher, Perzynski has no time for the trivial or the soft.
    — Dallas News, 17 June 2021
  • This is not an ideal time to force an issue or make a fuss over trivial points.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The Trump administration has not released details on the layoffs, but the cuts appear to be more than trivial.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • If the effortless enslavement of men was the idea, or one of the ideas (and who had a better idea?), why halve your chances by something as trivial as a poor shopping decision?
    — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

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