pettiness

Example Sentences

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It can be hard to maintain that optimism, especially when you are the small-scale target of legislative pettiness.

From Washington Post

“People that feel the need to abuse the powerless generally feel extremely powerless, and the pettiness she exhibits is very informative. You take that character in that scene and then just extrapolate.”

From Los Angeles Times

In a Guardian opinion piece, Emma Garland, a culture writer, described the attraction of the scandal for people in Britain — and around the world — as “the perfect storm of everyday pettiness and high-profile drama.”

From New York Times

They study in faraway convents to become wizards in the dark magic of pettiness.

From Washington Post

That moment of pettiness and meanness, and that inability to appreciate something so simple and beautiful hurt my soul.

From Salon