Well, then, gentlemen, if all this be so, what's the use of your petty criticism?

An attitude of petty criticism, of narrowness of view, is undesirable at any stage of the debate.

The reason they're on to something else is because the petty criticism is a covering for the real heart issue.

No weak compliment of words can add to his renown, nor will any petty criticism detract from the glory which has crowned his memory.

He'd told her about Marthe, the bitch, how hurt he was by her constant bickering, her petty criticisms, and her rejection of his sexual needs.