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Example sentences for: petty

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Lanzmann, the director of Shoah , comes off as a petty totalitarian.
In Sula , a mother douses her son with kerosene and burns him alive after he becomes a heroin addict and petty thief.
Petty humiliations of flying, living in Queens, dealing with the public.
In a similar vein, several of the engineers have braved the elements by appearing at our daily all-hands gatherings on the flight deck without coats; only to be outdone by a petty officer who wore shorts through the frigid Strait of Magellan!
Not long ago it was the stomping grounds of junkies and petty thieves, but it has been since revitalized and is flush with bars, cafés, and restaurants.