How to Use trivial in a Sentence

trivial

adjective
  • Compared to her problems, our problems seem trivial.
  • This is not such a trivial thing.
    — Time, 27 May 2026
  • And the tool seemed so trivial!
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of good stuff, and there’s a lot of trash and trivial stuff.
    — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The war is real and the risks aren’t trivial.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But who gets to decide what is trivial and what isn’t?
    — Nicole Flattery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The last one is no trivial matter.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • What looked trivial was, in fact, the system at work.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • A hill of beans isn't so trivial anymore.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • Of course, most of these attacks wouldn't be trivial to pull off.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 10 June 2020
  • None of these matters are trivial.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Most are trivial, such as a man running out in a chicken suit.
    — The Economist, 13 June 2020
  • Just how trivial will only be borne out in the coming days and weeks.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2020
  • These are not trivial concerns.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 24 June 2026
  • 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
  • But while the fine was trivial, the rest of the decision was not.
    — Gilad Edelman, Wired, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Her need for food and water was almost trivial, but not quite.
    — Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • These statements are not trivial.
    — Susan Madsen, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Picking a mattress to spend years of sweet z's on is no trivial task.
    — Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 25 Apr. 2016
  • The point appears to be trivial, but one Auburn felt to make known.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 9 Aug. 2019
  • But finding spare money is not a trivial task.
    — Nara Parameswaran, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But even that includes changes that could range from trivial to seismic.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
  • 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 trivial things become the big things because the big things have gone away.
    — Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
  • So that seems to apply even to sports, something that seems kind of trivial.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
  • 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, 7 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • But getting genomes into cells is not trivial.
    — Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
  • And while some people may think of hair as trivial, that's not the case, Rosette said.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 12 Aug. 2020

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