Example sentences for: petty

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

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

  • U.S. coverage of the story rapidly descended from humanitarian anguish to material cynicism to petty curiosity.

  • "I will campaign on my beliefs and my principles, and I will not engage in the petty politics of personal destruction," he insisted.

  • Received letter from GOP Chair Jim Nicholson and found it "petty, it's vindictive and it's insulting."

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


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