How to Use frivolity in a Sentence

frivolity

noun

• He has no patience for frivolity.
• He spends money on the latest fashions and other frivolities.
• The video that followed boasted much of the frivolity and bizarreness fans of the show have come to expect.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
• The whole show is awash in good spirits, fun and frivolity.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
• The stunt was born amidst the loose confines of the Houston clubhouse, where frivolity rules the day.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 26 Oct. 2017
• But for all the frivolity, Duo the owl must adhere to some boundaries.
  — NBC News, 4 Nov. 2021
• Just don't tell Vikings fans about frivolity in Philly.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2018
• What could show greater conquest over fire than to tame it for this frivolity?
  — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020
• But with Sharon Van Etten playing, this was the wrong place and time for such frivolity.
  — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2019
• The Porsche—any Porsche—is no fun at all; Germans aren't much given to frivolity.
  — Car and Driver, 27 Jan. 2023
• Yet at the center of this world—and of the novel—is a drab little woman who has no time for frivolity.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2022
• The Saints capitalized on the Twins' woes, offering frivolity and a place to drink beer in the sun.
  — Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
• Who are the rest of us to grant our approval, or to say such frivolity is beneath the dignity of the office?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2017
• This tufted couch adds timeliness to any room, while the fringe brings a bit of frivolity.
  — Town & Country, 9 Feb. 2023
• The dazzle of the floor displays inspires her to adopt an air of debutante frivolity.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• Despite the threats posed by cold weather, there still was room for frivolity.
  — Carolyn Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 17 Jan. 2024
• After three rounds of bombs-away frivolity, Erin Hills sobered up.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2017
• My father silently turned the car around and headed home, our night of fun and frivolity cut short.
  — Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• The sketch made fun of TikTokers’ youth, frivolity, and sometimes bizarre claims to fame.
  — Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2022
• The place seems made for happy hour — the drink menu is a party just to read and the glassware is fragile frivolity made real.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• Any sense of frivolity, free of consequences, has been in short supply in the months that followed.
  — New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• Recreation has been banned, frivolity outlawed, until the curve is as flat as a half-empty Topo Chico left in the sun.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2020
• All of the joy, spontaneity, and frivolity that happens in a live setting?
  — Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
• And yet, there’s no frivolity here, nothing added that doesn’t support the car’s raison d’être.
  — Matthew Phenix, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2008
• Who wouldn’t want to wander back in time to an era of frivolity and class, where women weren’t allowed to own property and the king was still the king?
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019
• The evening ended with some frivolity, with members of the MU dance team testing their moves against three players from the men's and women's teams.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2021
• There’s no room for that sort of frivolity here; Streets is a resolutely straight-faced work.
  — Ryan Gabos, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2018
• But that also also wasn’t the lone cushion on a night of frivolity against the worst team in the Eastern Conference.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2022
• Zac Taylor said postgame, referring to the music and vocal frivolity in the locker room on the other side of the wall.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2022
• This year, the Biden and Trump campaigns struck out on their own and arranged for two debates, the first — June 27 — offering citizens an unusual addition to the usual summer fun and frivolity.
  — Mark Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024