1.   Voters are tired of petty squabbles between party leaders.

2.   But voters may see the debate as a petty squabble if no more acts of terrorism occur.

3.   In any case, the moral of this story is that the political struggles in Washington right now are not petty squabbles.

4.   Like most feuds, no one really remembers how this one started, except that it was a petty squabble between two school girls.

5.   Now, as the historical imperative of European unity recedes in their minds, petty squabbles and national differences loom larger.

6.   Officials at several major museums insist it is all being done in a professional, collegial manner, but already petty squabbles have broken out.

7.   She said Joseph and his brothers would threaten neighborhood children during petty squabbles.

8.   The attempt to form a bipartisan committee on voting reform was killed by a petty squabble over which party should hold the majority.

9.   The dispute is more than a petty squabble.

10.   The unstated belief at the core of the character movement is, of course, that right and wrong exist independently of our petty squabbles.