pettiness
Example Sentences
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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
And yes, in a paroxysm of pettiness, he renamed Mt.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2025
The movie finds its spell in the scene where Erivo dances alone, taking the pettiness being directed toward her and transforming it into strength and power.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
The sheer pettiness of these gripes—the fact that these men continue to filter justice through their small, round, grudge-colored glasses—is what is breathtaking here.
From Slate • May 17, 2024
She liked Jennifer, liked her lack of pettiness, her tough-but-fair stance, her honesty.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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