pettiness

Example Sentences

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We know this because Charles Dance recites Michelangelo’s snidest journal passages throughout, bringing a welcome pettiness to an otherwise staid chapter of art history.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Brooks was arrested and told officers: "It was really just pettiness on the part of people - I know I shouldn't have done that, I shouldn't have done Photoshop."

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

It’s like the prom scene in “Carrie,” only Elphaba rises above the pettiness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024

She liked Jennifer, liked her lack of pettiness, her tough-but-fair stance, her honesty.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray