Example sentences for: petty

How can you use “petty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 3) Challenge: Dare you rise to the occasion, like Raskolnikov, and reject the petty rules that govern lesser men?

  • To that Europe, Gallant brought a new bemused realism and an acquaintance with such petty facts as train schedules and plumbing.

  • These are detailed, petty matters of individual interpretation, matters that should not concern those for whose use this book is intended.

  • She gets reimbursed from petty cash ($3).

  • As a New Yorker born and raised, I must confess to a visceral appreciation for petty jabs at Southerners, "good ol' boys," or other similar cultural unknowns.


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