Sentence examples for petty act from inspiring English sources
He was a loser who couldn't even commit a petty act of vandalism.
His every petty act adds up, affecting him and the people around him.
Her pickled resentments are all too familiar, and her final, petty act of revenge horribly real.
Traynor's petty act of censorship was rightly described on Twitter by former Sunday Mirror journalist Brian McNally as "comedy gold".
"The question is, who would be ready to invest such resources for the sake of going after the person reporting the petty act of bribery?" he said.
Rather than making an example of an individual in service of the greater good, however, it felt like a petty act of misdirection from a coach who'd lost a game his side should never have been in.
Petty acts of retribution followed, such as the stealing of the water pump that irrigated the fields.
In the Independent, Dominic Lawson comments on the "petty acts of sponging" outlined in some MPs' expenses claims.
"The occupation had for the most part been peaceful, although there had been petty acts of vandalism and breaches of University health and safety policy.
In a film so far dominated by petty acts of selfishness, they encounter a series of characters, all strangers (the first is even a car salesman), who treat them with kindness and generosity.
Instead he stayed, denouncing the "petty acts" and restating his commitment to the club, but a long injury layoff then kept the 22-year-old out of the side for several weeks.
