be petulant
Example Sentences
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On set, it was said he could be petulant and exhausting, an attitude that alienated directors and his co-stars, including Marlon Brando on the set of “The Island of Dr. Moreau.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2025
He could be petulant, unreasonably stubborn and prudish.
From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2018
He fought depression, which he called “the black dog,” and could be petulant and cutting toward his staff.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2017
When he came back at times like this he would be petulant and penitent.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
It is the half-love of weak and irritable natures, who are themselves children amongst their children, who can themselves be petulant, selfish, and capricious—it is this that mars a temper.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various
