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
• 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
• Of course, most of these attacks wouldn't be trivial to pull off.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 10 June 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 stuff is trivial, in the grand scheme of things, but still transformative.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2020
• 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
• The specter of mass death had rendered most subjects and stories trivial.
  — Stefan Beck, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
• Compared to what might have been, the disruption was trivial.
  — al, 22 May 2022
• With a fast-enough internet connection, streaming 60 frames of HD (or even 4K) video to your laptop or phone can be a trivial task.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024