pettiness
Example Sentences
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Without cameras or timely released transcripts or audio, moments of pettiness, score settling, or open contempt for colleagues or parties by the justices can, and have, gone almost entirely unnoticed.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Football's world governing body is not doing this out of pettiness.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
This is a novel about pettiness, middle-class superficiality, disloyalty, prejudice and cruelty, with this coterie of rather vile friends acting as a microcosm for a society in decline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
One former deputy called the action an act of pettiness and bigotry, emphasizing the symbolic weight of removing a leader’s chosen name from an official federal display.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2025
He wasn’t vulnerable to that kind of pettiness.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
