Sentence examples for this petty from inspiring English sources

Just for the record: why is this petty?

Many a householder indulges himself in this petty luxury.

We are all diminished by this petty behavior.

Either way, our wannabe politicians need to drop this petty blame game and get proactive.

This Petty was not Kyle, who is 47 and close to retiring as a driver.

The UFC is too big and too good to be this petty.

For this, petty quarrels are put aside, distances are crossed, and incompatible lifestyles tolerated.

So thanks to Christopher Elliott for pointing out a way for Americans to avoid this petty-minded fee.

"I wonder, though, where it came from, this petty-bourgeois uptightness, this terror of not being in control, this schoolboy desire to boast and to shock".

In the 19th century, the romantic novelist Ouida described Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, where she was living, as: "This petty-bourgeois town where the inhabitants must perforce ring their own doorbells lest they rust from disuse".

(The Republicans wanted a one-seat majority; the Democrats demanded an even split).This petty squabble reflects a deeper division over what is wrong with the system.