petulance

Example Sentences

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It’s easy, amid all the petulance and political machinations, to forget the essentials of the case against the former chief executive.

From Los Angeles Times

Asked about his reaction Sunday, Federer likened it to the petulance he sometimes displayed as a junior — when “all of a sudden you just don’t see the positivity anymore.”

From Washington Post

One of his silliest exercises in petulance was his official designation of Seattle, Portland and New York City as “anarchist jurisdictions.”

From Seattle Times

Hawley, who also voted “not guilty,” at one point moved to the visitors gallery above the Senate floor and did some reading there, his feet propped up, his lanky body a pretzel of petulance.

From New York Times

For four years, President Donald Trump has put on such a garish show of petulance, vindictiveness, boorishness and monumental narcissism that he has dominated the news like no president before him.

From Seattle Times