petty

Example Sentences

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When Pascal finally slaps Phoenix across the face, the joke is gone and what’s left is a petty, pathetic standoff, scored to Perry’s incongruously perky anthem.

From Los Angeles Times

The Hellenic Olympic Committee has hit out at criticism of the sponsorship of the historic Panathenaic Stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, as "petty" politics that "undermines" its work.

From Barron's

Most families in Nyimbadu rely on small-scale farming and petty trading for a living.

From BBC

"It's little things like that that are extremely petty," she said.

From Barron's

Beccuau has said the heist was carried out by petty criminals rather than organised crime professionals.

From BBC