I cannot resist mentioning a trifling incident, which showed his kind consideration.

"Sometimes a trifling incident can lead to a great quarrel."

So many incidents, trifling and serious, had happened in the short time he had taken command.

During the reign of the cholera, what at another time would have appeared but a trifling incident, was now invested with doubt and terror.

Sophie passed it off as a trifling incident, but her amusement was forced and unconvincing.

He was almost physically sick with the horror of this trifling incident.

My popularity grew as the improvements increased, but one trifling incident came near marring it.

But he had forgotten the trifling incident by the time he reached home.

This was a trifling incident of no lasting importance, but a much more serious, indeed potentially disastrous, problem arose in 1758.

I cannot recall every trifling incident of my life.