Sentence examples for stopping petty from inspiring English sources

With a sheepish smile that concedes the irony of his little revelation, Dr. Tamimi said he liked how Mr. Giuliani, as New York's mayor, touted the "broken windows" philosophy of policing, which asserts that stopping petty crime can keep big crime from happening.

It found that 54% of respondents would be OK with their offices adopting security cameras to stop petty theft, even if the employers also plan to keep the cameras for performance assessments.

In light of dangerous NKorea threat, I'm stopping all petty political disagreements for at least next 12 hours.

That led to Bill O'Reilly spending almost seven minutes of his show telling him to stop being petty and "lobbing verbal grenades" at people.

The veteran geek blogger Drew McWeeny recently published a powerful cri de coeur calling on Marvel and DC Comics fans to stop their petty squabbling and learn to enjoy the sheer breadth of comic book stories currently making their way to the big screen.

College is worth it and it's time for people to stop making petty excuses why they cannot go to college.

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich pleaded with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday to stop the "petty, thin-skinned and vindictive" tweets against anyone who criticizes him. .

In episode 6, one of their children ends up in the hospital and it forces Noah and Helen to bond together for his best interest, to stop being petty and to prioritize what's really important in life.

Why exactly they thought it necessary to fire a warning shot in a busy apartment block's backyard to stop a petty criminal from running, has not been explained yet.

For those who want to make the argument that "black people use the N-word too so Ms. Deen shouldn't be fired"... please read the rest of that deposition and then learn to stop creating petty scapegoats for unacceptable behavior.

ACORN members won't be stopped by this petty partisan back-biting.