They had slaughtered countless numbers of their own kind over differences even more petty and obscure during Earth's long dark isolation before Contact.

Our petty differences were blown away by this.

Beyond such petty differences, there appears to lie a fundamental difference of strategy.

"These petty differences shouldn't affect how a trooper can do his job," he said.

His superiors had more important things to do than mediate petty differences between crewmen.

After a while the prisoners put away their petty differences and plan the Big Prison Escape.

It was Asher who said, "I would put aside petty differences until we are at the bottom of this most grave mystery."

All petty differences have been put aside.

We were no cohort now, only lord and men, unable to afford petty differences of rank.

Shana Potter, 16, said she would demand more respect from the young men and try to rise above the "petty differences" that often annoyed her.