He went on, whistling merrily, until a petulant voice cried: " Oh, stop it!. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
And admit it, petulant is NOT a word that you would have in your vocabulary. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Condi Throws Stones From Her Glass House] Reference
She's been called petulant and a wolf in waif's clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Fiona Apple and Her 'Extraordinary Machine'] Reference
When she saw Berry, her expression turned petulant and hostile. From Wordnik.com. [Tough Customer] Reference
In short, I have come to see Suzuki as a kind of petulant mini-tyrant. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » What an idiotic, profoundly offensive thing to say] Reference
Saylor says he does not shout, but allows that he does become "petulant" if his subordinates "give up.". From Wordnik.com. [Caesar And Edison And... Saylor?] Reference
The book says some members of the party's federal policy committee see Clegg as "petulant" and Cable as "obnoxious" and "deeply arrogant". From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Democrat conference live - Sunday 19 September] Reference
United States says Venezuela's break with Colombia is 'petulant'. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
In the dictionary next to the word "petulant" you'll find a picture of. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is variously labelled as "petulant" and "bizarre". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The 64-year-old, who has ruled Yemen for half his life, is variously labelled as "petulant". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Mr. Senik captured the essence of the decade - as one of "petulant" adolescence for those who may have actually believed that. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News-Record] Reference
Feb. 19: A "petulant" Guergis verbally abuses security staff at the Charlottetown airport after being asked to remove her boots. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
This kind of petulant behaviour is a common enough occurrence from that quarter, "he charged. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Lately, he had become detached, sometimes even petulant. From Wordnik.com. [Florida State Football Coach Bowden Says Farewell] Reference
He was apparently feeling more petulant and defiant than contrite. From Wordnik.com. [Extracting A Confession] Reference
Jacob, a burly, petulant boy of 19, was my best friend then. From Wordnik.com. [Big C and Lil Puppet] Reference
I guess this does indeed make me jaded, provincial and certainly petulant. From Wordnik.com. [From Ho Chi Minh City with Love] Reference
When I think of a survivor, I do not picture such petulant, selfish adults. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
The table is quiet, shining, petulant in its posture and refusal to be set. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Off the Knives] Reference
Not much of interest is ever likely to pop out of that rather petulant royal mouth. From Wordnik.com. [I do hope Kate Middleton has a cunning plan] Reference
She grinned flirtatiously at Freddy before exiting with a petulant swing of her hips. From Wordnik.com. [The Bludgeoning of a Burgeoning Young Artist] Reference
At the podium, Kennedy's hands shook; his voice was reedy and often mournful, or hot and petulant. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Week] Reference
And I'm showing you I'm really angry by using pointed rhetorical questions and petulant exhortations. From Wordnik.com. [Nathan Bransford: Writer Wednesday: Do You Suffer From One of These Writing Viruses?] Reference
The once petulant Beckham, now a footballing elder at 30, recognizes the upside to Rooney's volatility. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty in the Beasts] Reference
Without any apparent deep-seated beliefs to guide their opposition to Sotomayor, Republicans look petulant. From Wordnik.com. [The Typecast Party] Reference
It's a vanity project on a grand and often petulant scale (I can do it if I want to, and nobody can stop me). From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: Once Again Into the Breach: Rupert Murdoch Dreams of a Digital Newspaper] Reference
That was the way the president was, charming and funny sometimes, but also caustic and petulant and impatient. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING THE TALK] Reference
It cracked me up watching Jake act like a petulant child as both genders of flight attendants fawned over him. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: I Learned Everything on My Summer Vacation] Reference
That goaded Dole into writing her a petulant letter and prompted threats of retaliation from the Dole campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Powell On The Brink] Reference
Prosecution: (1 gavel) Chris Darden's tantrum and petulant apology were made worse by Marcia Clark's nervous giggles. From Wordnik.com. [Trial Scorecard] Reference
"It's not negative, it's petulant," says a Democratic activist who did not want to be quoted discussing the campaigns. From Wordnik.com. [Costly Crossfire] Reference
Which would serve them right for encouraging the electorate to act like petulant shoppers suddenly seized by buyer's remorse. From Wordnik.com. [Dawnism In California] Reference
Kennedy himself could be childlike, squirming in his seat, petulant, or, despite all his "toughness," full of innocent wonder. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Crusade] Reference
What does the bright Ellie -- played by Leoni with the crisp vibrancy of a good Chardonnay -- see in the tedious, petulant Val?. From Wordnik.com. [Flying Blind] Reference
In recent weeks China has been acting less like a budding superpower than a tin-pot dictatorship — petulant, preachy, defiant. From Wordnik.com. [China Feels the Heat] Reference
And, with relentless precision, it lured Bradley, a would-be paragon of political purity, into acting tinny, petulant -- and defensive. From Wordnik.com. [Smiles And Sharp Elbows] Reference
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