Examples of petulance in a Sentence
I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue.
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But six months on against Liverpool, Paqueta’s petulance is a slap in the face to everyone associated with West Ham.
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Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
California voters acted with urgency, but implementation efforts have been met with petulance and parsimonious budgetary support that is barely one fourth of what is needed.
—Steve Smith, Oc Register, 18 Nov. 2025
True, its narrative was hard to follow, its dialogue abstruse, but why the petulance?
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
So there’s a feeling of vindictiveness and petulance that’s in there, but there’s also a practicality to it, too.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
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Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
California voters acted with urgency, but implementation efforts have been met with petulance and parsimonious budgetary support that is barely one fourth of what is needed.
—Steve Smith, Oc Register, 18 Nov. 2025
True, its narrative was hard to follow, its dialogue abstruse, but why the petulance?
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
So there’s a feeling of vindictiveness and petulance that’s in there, but there’s also a practicality to it, too.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Petulance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petulance. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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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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