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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Above all else, the products Trump was selling were half-baked and trivial.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 May 2022
• 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
• But in the near term, AI will automate the boring, trivial stuff first.
  — Christoph Drösser, Scientific American, 8 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• This bundle has the shape of either a cylinder (this is called the trivial bundle) or a Möbius band.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• The climate effect of our electric-car efforts in the 2020s will be trivial.
  — Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• Her need for food and water was almost trivial, but not quite.
  — Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• My girlfriend has a penchant for long stories, many times on the phone, which are trivial.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2022
• This is a pretty trivial concern about the release of film.
  — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
• But even that includes changes that could range from trivial to seismic.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
• Compared to what might have been, the disruption was trivial.
  — al, 22 May 2022
• In the face of all that industry, my own concerns are revealed to be trivial.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2024
• Also, contrary to what folks might think, the ring doesn’t make combat trivial.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 26 June 2023
• The ones who say this is a trivial matter and a political hit will still say that.
  — John Brummett, arkansasonline.com, 17 Apr. 2024
• So taking the time to make those photographs was not trivial.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
• The fact that there is air in the glass as well is often dismissed as trivial or outright overseen.
  — Stefan Harrer, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• Dear Amy: Not a question, but a comment: Why are some of the issues raised in your column so trivial?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
• The difference between the two possible approaches to the first Fed rate cut since 2020 may sound trivial, Paul Davidson reports.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
• In that moment, my own urban issues seemed trivial, even meaningless.
  — Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024