The petulance and crankiness of an old man who has been at the head of affairs all his life. From LearnThat.org. [Robert Graves]
I mean, I’m sympathetic, but petulance is not an excuse here. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Reminder] Reference
That candidate wasn't establishment by any means, but the petulance is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Pajamas Media] Reference
And to say "petulance" and these kinds of words are just preposterous. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2001] Reference
Andy Flower has urged England to be competitive but avoid 'petulance' when they meet. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories] Reference
He rose up as he spoke in a kind of petulance, -- then started slightly as he found himself face to face with Manuel. From Wordnik.com. [The Master-Christian] Reference
It is true that Keats, in a moment of that petulance which is one of his less happy characteristics, writes like this. From Wordnik.com. [Platform Monologues] Reference
This kind of petulance and lashing out at the press is just one more indication of Fukuda's inability to grasp the nature of democracy. From Wordnik.com. [open Democracy News Analysis - Comments] Reference
Coaches bear the brunt of their anger and petulance. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Job in Sports?] Reference
Mr. Lincoln seemed annoyed, even to the extent of petulance. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
It seems rather to indicate selfishness, petulance, and lack of patriotism. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
Of course, with the exuberance of youth often comes a penchant for petulance. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty in the Beasts] Reference
We should make a fuss about dissidents and Tibet and ignore Chinese petulance. From Wordnik.com. [Fingers Crossed For China] Reference
There was a petulance in his tone the reason for which Druce did not comprehend. From Wordnik.com. [Little Lost Sister] Reference
Maybe so, but that doesn't account for what looks almost like a form of petulance. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Mr. Clintons] Reference
His humility and gentle but earnest voice made Mrs. Gaunt ashamed of her petulance. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
She was smiling back at him, all traces of petulance smoothed quite out of her face. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
It was a surprise to see the sudden look of petulance that crossed the other's face. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
"You know I can't come," she said with that petulance which had grown upon her recently. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
She knew his ways so well that in his increasing petulance she saw the coming surrender. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
His voice was raised and the petulance in it escaped into the cool confines of the aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty-One] Reference
And where was old Scarlett, with her complaints and her petulance and her motherly kindness?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
"I hate housework," she added, and her mouth drew down at the corners in a pout of petulance. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
It may be exhibited in nothing more serious than boredom, or petulance, or hyper-sensitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
I, whom all fear -- even HE, "he emphatically added --" I almost quail before her mad petulance. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Patricia had caught the look in Bruce's eye and she flung her petulance from her with her usual energy. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
The dog refuses to be silenced, while Eleanor, holding him by the collar, tries to soothe his petulance. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
For the doorway of nature's court is barred with iron, and through it can penetrate no mere cry of childish petulance. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches] Reference
However well he may have "managed" the crisis in the Middle East, it was obscured by his petulance, impatience and immaturity. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Samina had smiled at her petulance, as she conferred an additional hug to Sajid while taking leaving, to make up for her daughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Ageing Beaver] Reference
For him he had also a warm personal attachment, which never seems to have wholly died out, in spite of much petulance of language. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
My petulance is obvious as I shrug myself away from my mother's outstretched arm -- asserting my will, brandishing my independence. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Ready To Follow My Father's Lead] Reference
He turned to me with an odd mixture of petulance and humour and asked me: "Why the devil didn't you tell me all this when I could paint?". From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
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