petulance in English
a slight degree of petulance had crept into his voice
Use "petulance" in a sentence
1. His petulance made her impatient.
2. His impolite manners incurred her petulance.
3. Crowbaits behaviour is nothing more than puerile spiteful petulance
4. Zeus's pride and petulance became more and more intolerable.
5. She withdrew the offer in a fit of petulance.
6. He tore up the manuscript in a fit of petulance.
7. 29 She withdrew the offer in a fit of petulance.
8. Control yourself , sir. These outbursts of petulance are not seemly.
9. How do we cultivate love in a climate of selfishness, petulance and greed?”
10. Peter Frechette plays Peter as emerging into manhood from a scruffy, boyish petulance.
11. His face was flushed(http://Sentencedict.com), all the petulance and disappointment smoothed away.
12. 28 Peter Frechette plays Peter as emerging into manhood from a scruffy, boyish petulance.
13. Synonyms for Cantankerousness include tetchiness, irritability, testiness, irascibility, peevishness, grumpiness, petulance, grouchiness, crankiness and crossness
14. Even so, the writers and broadcasters didn't take kindly to Kobe's selfishness, arrogance and petulance.
15. Some of our best-loved words are expressions of petulance, irritability, or sheer confusion – those like discombobulation, Cantankerousness and curmudgeonly
16. Affluence from Affluentia, “abundance” audience from audientia, “a hearing” benevolence from benevolentia, “good will” continence from continentia, “self-control” diligence from diligentia, “accuracy” Words from Latin nouns ending in -antia elegance from elegantia, “neatness” petulance from petulantia, “forward conduct”
17. Use Contumacy in a sentence - Example Sentences for Contumacy That he must add to his perpetual serenity, such a firmness of mind, as may enable him to repress petulance and subdue Contumacy, and support the orders of the house, in whatever contrariety of counsels, or commotion of debate, against all attempts of infraction or deviation.
18. Therefore there was in Paul wonderful force of the Spirit, who standing amidst such beasts, which sought to pull him to and fro, stood firm in the sound sincerity of the gospel, and did valiantly withstand and endure, as well the dogged malapertness [petulance] of the former sect, as the pride and crafty Cavillings of the other.
19. What a situation for a man who prided himself upon his Aplomb, and upon bringing all that he undertook to the very highest standard of success! (Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) Always mature for her age, she had gained a certain Aplomb in both carriage and conversation, which made her seem more of a woman of the world than she was, but her old petulance now and then