| I wondered peevishly why they couldn't put her anywhere else instead of quartering her on me. |
| Automobiles whirred past, hooting peevishly, but he heeded them not. |
| At all events, Hepzibah had fully satisfied herself of the impossibility of ever becoming wonted to this peevishly obstreperous little bell. |
| Then there was a crunching crash, and the engineer swore peevishly to himself. |
| I don't understand why Bel Powley, who plays the aristocratic nineteenth-century adolescent Thomasina Coverly, thinks that peevishly shrieking her lines is the best way to convey the passion and urgency of a teen-age girl. |
| If you talk so, I won't tell you any more,' she returned, peevishly rising to her feet. |
