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• r  in a petulant manner; `Go away!'"

• As it is, after each death Tom Hanks stares petulantly into the distance: "And that's all I'm gonna say about that.
• To ensure the opposition's weakness, Chvez has loudly and rather petulantly declared that he'll use his ubiquitous levers of power to make the work of the new opposition .
• Onetime boss of the Army's Research and Development section, ex-Paratrooper Gavin petulantly resigned from the Army in 1958 after losing a battle to push his service farther .

• testily
• irritably
• pettishly

News & Articles

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• Danny Green took long way around to NBA Finals
  Danny Green smiled as he stepped behind the interview podium and a crowd of reporters gathered around him to talk about the NBA Finals. On a San Antonio Spurs team that steps into the spotlight reluctantly, and occasionally petulantly, Green seems only too happy to entertain questions and relay his story. No one wanted to talk to him in Slovenia. There were rarely demands for interviews when he ...
  June 9, 2013 - KSAT San Antonio

Quotes

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• Melanie Sloan in MarketWatch
  CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan stated, "When Mr. Graves appropriately refused to tell his brother the congressman to fire one of his staff members, Sen. Bond petulantly demanded Mr. Graves be fired."
• Jack Thompson in Crave
  In conclusion, Thompson said, "How dare you, Judge, promise a hearing today and then prevent that hearing from occurring. How dare you, Judge, petulantly order the production of the game after it is released on Tuesday morning. I didn't even ask for...
• Steve Coppell in Wokingham Times
  Coppell said: "I had a really good view of it. Jimmy petulantly half-pushed the player (Souza), but there was no violent conduct or serious foul play." "The ref (Clive Oliver) said he saw it out of the corner of his eye, so I think he didn't...