pettiness
Example Sentences
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When I ask why, they say it’s all gotten out of hand: the fighting, the pettiness, the cynicism.
From New York Times
The citizen panel overseeing the Los Angeles Fire Department elected a new president Tuesday at a sometimes tense public meeting that ended with the new panel leader calling for an end to “pettiness.”
From Los Angeles Times
They reminded everyone why the events leading up to and including Jan. 6 demand a thorough and nonpartisan investigation, not the pettiness that has marked the run-up to Tuesday.
From Washington Post
I tell myself this pettiness is excusable, since I have seen her display a disturbing lack of compassion toward people in crisis, but I know it’s not excusable.
From New York Times
He refrained from that as surely as he has from the pettiness that most of the rest of us can’t resist.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
