Sentence examples for a petty argument from inspiring English sources

A particularly tense moment was interrupted with a petty argument over the correct pronunciation of Ginsters.

One morning, Marsh operates after having a petty argument with another surgeon, and the operation paralyzes half the patient's face.

In 1999 a petty argument got out of control, and the two stopped speaking with each other.

In the end, though, it was a petty argument that undid him: he threatened to pound another client, then stormed out of treatment.

That was an extreme example, but other, milder ones come to mind: losing my temper in a petty argument; innumerable traffic confrontations; even the occasional slightly too prickly column or e-mail flame-out.

Following the sentencing, Acting Det Ch Insp Brian Lucas said: "These men believed that they could get away with killing a man in broad daylight as revenge for a petty argument.

All 155 Socialists turned out for the roll-call vote, which went strictly along party lines.Minutes before the vote the opposition walked out because of a noisy, petty argument over whether "democracy" had returned to Greece in 1974, when the military dictatorship fell, or in 1981 when the first left-of-centre administration was elected.

Make this the day to put aside bad moods, irritability, and your ongoing petty argument with a co-worker or family member.

You'd give the pirates a gun and they'd shoot each other over some very petty argument about very small amounts of money.

(I sympathize with mothers who have to work and don't want to. They are in a noble league all on their own, and are exempt from this petty argument).

Reigns' shocking announcement reduced every petty argument, both for and against him being WWE's top star, to mere noise as the 33-year-old Universal champion was forced to vacate the title.