Adjective : a petulant toss of the head. From Dictionary.com.
That he did so predictably petulantly is disappointing, if not hugely surprising. From Wordnik.com. [Five things we learned from the Premier League this weekend] Reference
Marcia, "petulantly," has left me to bear all things alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Butterfly] Reference
It is not my fault, "petulantly," that I am only seventeen. ". From Wordnik.com. [Vagabondia 1884] Reference
"If you want to know," petulantly, "the one I'm worried about is Anahita. From Wordnik.com. [The Satanic Verses]
"Let him go," replied Elfreda a little petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
"But you are not my sister," said Jessica petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
"Why do you cross me to-day?" she demanded petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
"Don't talk to me of Jim!" cried Lady Mary petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
"Nothing is the matter with me," he replied, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"But, captain, we must get home," said Mason petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
"Oh! you've asked that before," cried Jennie, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall] Reference
"Oh, give me the screed," returned the actor, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays] Reference
"Like a rational human being, I hope," he said petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
"I did think of that, I did try," she answered petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
"Have you just found that out?" asked his wife, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
"A poor place Badenoch nowadays!" said the man, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
"No, I don't know," says Miss Kavanagh, a little petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
"Oh, a man should always know what to do!" she answered petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
"Then that is because women are fools," affirmed Marjory petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
"Betty, what are you doing awake so early?" queried Grace petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
"Oh, hush-a-bye-baby on the jokes," exclaimed Dray, a bit petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
Mrs. Farnshaw ducked her head to avoid the manoeuvre, saying petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
"Why don't you get out the way?" petulantly demanded the red-haired lad. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa] Reference
"The elaborate unselfishness of the age," he replied a little petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914] Reference
Again, a canteen appeared before him, but now he pushed it petulantly aside. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
He called for help again, and a voice answered him petulantly from the bank. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
"I don't see why mother should worry so much about it," said Kate, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Kate's Ordeal] Reference
"What! You, too, Padre?" she exclaimed petulantly, looking at him inquiringly. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
She appeared not to notice him, and her piqued face was turned away petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
'Oh, don't bother!' exclaimed Maurice, petulantly, and still shaking his trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Mary] Reference
"Oh, never mind Mr Mawley," I said, somewhat petulantly; "I want to know Mrs Clyde.". From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
"I see you are as obstinate and determined as ever," she continued rather petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
"My daughter has been born thousands of years before her time," he declared, petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
"Let's begin at the very beginning," he explained, then rapped the first page petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
Who, indeed, as Raymond had once asked petulantly, could know what a boy was going to be?. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
"I know," said Grace a little petulantly, as she pulled off her hat and threw it on the bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Bluff Point Or a Wreck and a Rescue] Reference
The boyish night city editor glanced along the copy-readers 'table and petulantly exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories for English Courses] Reference
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