| Whether his resignation was tendered because of petulance or careful stratagem, he now has a real measure of the Government's dependence on him. |
| Following the herd, as the media advise, would lead me to applaud childish petulance, crudity, and bad manners. |
| The old petulance, the bearlike hunching ill-temper of his bachelor days has vanished. |
| Calderwood was so angered by the petulance he refused to acknowledge his midfielder. |
| Exhibiting a petulance last season, it has been alleged that he would throw tantrums if substituted in youth matches. |
| I have never seen him descend to such a depth of petulance and spitefulness that he reached last night. |
