Sentence examples for display of petulance from inspiring English sources

That display of petulance could be costly.

"There was an interesting display of petulance," he said.

Joe DiMaggio never put on a display of petulance as did Paul O'Neill after every out.

Diego Costa is determined to move on from his bib-throwing display of petulance and contribute to a Chelsea revival.

'Angrier, nastier, uglier' better describes the scene in Mexico City last week," reported Time, describing the protest as "a public display of petulance that sparked one of the most unpleasant controversies in Olympic history".

After a week in which footballers' discipline has been called into question off the pitch Ray Graydon, Walsall's manager, is threatening to sack Carbon for his display of petulance.

Yes, even with one of his most Cutleresque displays of petulance — ignoring offensive coordinator Mike Tice on the sideline in a ridiculous game of musical chairs, which Rick Morrissey of The Chicago Sun-Times documented in all its silliness — Romo would not be outshone in this one.

Let's admit it: Drogba's display of extreme petulance was the most entertaining moment of the season.

Writing on his Web site, a Conservative peer, Lord Tebbit, called the American response "a crude, bigoted, xenophobic display of partisan, political, presidential petulance against a multinational company".

Last week, Lord Tebbit, the one-time Conservative Party chairman, accused President Obama of a "xenophobic display of partisan political presidential petulance," while London's mayor, Boris Johnson, complained that the United States was unleashing a wave of "anti-British rhetoric".

Born in France while his dad played for Lille, but opting to represent Ghana at the last World Cup, André displayed incredible acceleration, but also flashes of petulance that were to cost him his place in the quarterfinals.