I was obliged to wait a long time for the little he gave me, and to take it from him in the most trifling sums.

However, the effects of inflation meant that originally substantial penalties were eventually reduced to trifling sums.

Bidding is languid, and valuable books are knocked down for trifling sums.

Cameron isn't even considering leaving Europe** it's just that he doesn't appear to have bothered being in the room when such trifling sums were discussed.

He did not want the trifling sum that every New York policeman acquires.

"The dollar was king, and I bought some of the greatest rarities for trifling sums."

A trifling sum, which would be carried over since it had, after all, been spent within the past few days.

How does he expect the bank to stay in business if people bring trifling sums like $1,000?

It is a trifling sum by Hollywood standards, but fairly expensive for a German film.

The sign on the door tells the visitor he can have a tooth extracted for a trifling sum.