| He was the first martyr to Aurelian's petulancy, being beheaded on the 22d of December, in the same year. |
| Light-blue eyes they were, set in a good-looking, boyish face, that had somehow an effect of petulancy. |
| Her touch was magnetic, and petulancy vanished at her smile as at a charm. |
| You see this is Sir George himself, my dear, a mixture of petulancy and indelicacy. |
| Mr. Van Riper had more cause for his petulancy than he would have acknowledged even to himself. |
