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In many countries he was treated rather more respectfully than at home, where his candour was redefined as petulance by his critics He remained determined that he would be vindicated, until close to the end.
Lorre looked like a sleazy baby, his face registering every passing petulance , ready to drop from a hopeful grin down to a sulk.
The question is whether his sins justify American and British petulance at their failure to get rid of him.
As unitary practice, as institution, as internal coherence, painting has for the time played itself out".That is a sad picture, cross-bred with a certain petulance.
Even that is before counting subsidies to farmers for fertilisers, tractor fuel and the like.But India's move was not sheer petulance.
He also seems to suffer from the Texan billionaire's petulance and tin ear when it comes to politics.
He promised to clean up city hall, curb crime and forge peace between the blacks that control Richmond's politics and the whites that dominate its economy.Instead, Mr Wilder consistent with a history marred by public petulance and score-settling picked fightscore-settling pickedil and the school board, even trying to evict the latter fightsts offices.
None is without redeeming features; Nabilah's gentle love for her grandmother tempers her petulance ; boozed-up Nassir, Nur's brother, buys glasses for Soraya, his bookish but myopic cousin, in defiance of his elders.Particularly well-drawn is the battle over whether to circumcise the family's daughters.
The author's insights into the mind and milieu of Chopin reveal an unstable, shy and sickly individual, whose unfailing politeness, modesty and effervescent humour were as common as his petulance and bossiness.In this section Pass impasse Gut-wrenching stuff Sounds wonderful Never forgotten A land neither green nor pleasant Little big man ReprintsChopin's aura drew a loyal bunch of friends.
This sour petulance may feel good but it is bad politics.
When he finally spoke, after midnight on January 28th, a day when hundreds of thousands across the breadth of Egypt had battled furiously with his police, it was with a husky voice and the petulance of a master betrayed by bungling servants.
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The word "petulance" functions primarily as a noun , referring to the quality or state of being petulant. It denotes a display of bad temper, impatience, and annoyance, often in a childish or unreasonable manner. As Ludwig confirms, it's a correct and usable term in English.
Expression frequency: Very common
