Sentence examples similar to a peevish disposition from inspiring English sources

His previous concert there, almost exactly a year ago, was by all accounts a peevish affair, pockmarked by complaints from the stage.

What a peevish bunch.

It was a peevish comment.

(Imagine Lucille Ball with a peevish English accent).

The scene came alive: a stoic cop and a peevish one, an uncoöperative subject, mounting suspicion.

The notebooks are a record of a peevish soul trying to break out of a trap.

Wolfgang chafes at authority and sometimes throws things the way a peevish boy his age might.

He is a peevish fault-finder who gets what he deserves.

And a peevish and snarling Mary Astor turns up in the role.

As one Democratic senator complained: "The president veers between talking like a peevish professor and a scolding parent".

After 12 years with a peevish and pragmatic billionaire running the city, New Yorkers are eager for a mayor with heart.