Examples of petulance in a Sentence
I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue.
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In fact, Mount’s petulance was a way to distract the referee from Fernandes’s antics and take a late yellow card on his captain’s behalf.
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Trump’s petulance, meanness, and willingness to punish a religious institution for its Church’s moral witness is a warning to every faith community in America.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
Sure, the Oscar-winning makeup helps transform the actor into Cheney, but the voice and petulance are all Bale, whose conjuring of this scoundrel ought to trigger PTSD for anyone who survived the Dubya years.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Warren deserves kudos for bucking the trend of petulance exhibited by too many Democrats that night.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Trump’s petulance, meanness, and willingness to punish a religious institution for its Church’s moral witness is a warning to every faith community in America.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
Sure, the Oscar-winning makeup helps transform the actor into Cheney, but the voice and petulance are all Bale, whose conjuring of this scoundrel ought to trigger PTSD for anyone who survived the Dubya years.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Warren deserves kudos for bucking the trend of petulance exhibited by too many Democrats that night.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Petulance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petulance. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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petulance
noun
pet·u·lance
ˈpech-ə-lən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being petulant
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