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
  • Nor the brat pack to bring a sense of fun and frivolity back to a month supposedly about making silly decisions and–just maybe–getting back with your ex.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 9 July 2024

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