Example Sentences

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It’s not trivializing this summit or missing the point, I would argue, to understand it as first and foremost a semiotic spectacle, conducted through language, symbols and signifiers.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Some Chinese commentators have warned against trivializing the war for the sake of reaching new audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

Barbara Walters, the woman blamed for trivializing TV news, commented: “I rest my case.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2022

The impulse to wrest redemption from tragedy runs the risk of trivializing it, even when that tragedy is as historically monumental as the murder of Emmett Till.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

Here is the whole program of confusing, enervating, and trivializing the mind of the world.

From The International Jew The World's Foremost Problem by Ford, Henry