Sentence examples for matters petty from inspiring English sources
But what the Bush Library will emphatically not contain--and what the Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan libraries do not contain and the eventual Bill Clinton library will not contain--is a faithful record of what was actually said in the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room and on the telephone by the President and his advisers as they deliberated on matters petty and great.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Bart Scott talks trash freely and incessantly, all day, on any topic, on matters from petty to profound.
Going forward, she said, The Times should examine Mr. Obama's record and campaign promises; monitor campaign messaging for deception; emphasize substantive policy matters over petty rhetorical combat; scrutinize the newly powerful "super-PAC" groups, and take care not to let polls overdetermine the coverage.
Don't quarrel on trivial matters and petty issues.
To say that these men have a reputation for complaining to editors about their coverage, no matter how petty the issue, would not be an overstatement.
It becomes easy for you to get angry over the littlest thing he says, no matter how petty or stupid it is.
It is only a matter of petty internal politics.
Something about our combination was rotten, and as a result we competed over everything, no matter how petty.
Ms. Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state, dismissed the matter as petty politics on Friday as her bus tour passed through Lawrenceville, about 30 miles east of Atlanta.
In past labor disputes, players and owners used whatever ammunition they could, no matter how petty, to batter the other side, to portray the opponent across the negotiating table as greedy and unreasonable.
