Sentence examples for petty form from inspiring English sources

Sometimes this can take surprisingly petty form.

The petty form (so to speak) of death in stories is tied up with the emotions of loss and nostalgia.

Voss and Lolly (Lori Petty) form a tentative partnership when they end up in hot water together.

SHOUTS & MURMURS about E-name dropping, a new and extremely petty form of one-upmanship made possible by recent strides in information technology... Tells about a friend who sent an E-mail with 304 addresses on it.

By David Brooks The New Yorker, September 13 , 1999P. 50 SHOUTS & MURMURS about E-name dropping, a new and extremely petty form of one-upmanship made possible by recent strides in information technology... Tells about a friend who sent an E-mail with 304 addresses on it..

Besides scientific disagreements, the rivalry between the two sides takes many petty forms.

So was "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" from the Traveling Wilburys, the group Mr. Petty formed with Mr. Dylan and George Harrison.

The rivalry between the two sides takes many petty forms -- speaking time for each side at a news conference to be held tomorrow was negotiated to the minute, and academic scientists including Dr. Lander tried strenuously to prevent Science from publishing Celera's article except under terms unacceptable to Dr. Venter.

The Author's Farce is not a standard comedy; rather, it is a farce, and as such employs petty forms of humour like slapstick.

'The Autonomous City' is released on the 4th of April through Verso Books.

What also came out during research for the book was how intense these spaces often are: the agreements, debates and solidarities, but also the micro-aggressions and petty forms of violence that shaped and shape squats.