| Seeing through Julia's pettifoggery, the judge overruled her frivolous objection. |
| The corruption of academic life is pettifoggery, captiousness, and preening vanity which differs from but is just as harmful as its governmental counterpart. |
| The argument of concentrating entirely on economics as a last, desperate springboard for the development of Third World countries, which are unable to afford the luxury of environmental safeguards, is mere pettifoggery. |
| It was with pettifoggery and intrigues that Greek liberty ended. |
| And they had good cause to wonder, for Albert and George had summoned lawyers from all across the nation to come to the land of oranges and bathing costumes, to wage their war of pettifoggery in the courts. |
| The theological pettifoggery of their literalistic religion has to be read to be believed. |
