Mr Rooney, however, is hampered by the characteristic English vices of insubordination and petulance.
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His petulance is becoming legendary, whether giving peevish speeches at the Grammys or whining about Time magazine misquoting him.
Mr. Dodd's petulance has gone beyond the usual Beltway payback and is now creating a leadership vacuum damaging to U.S. national security.
His drinking during the filming of "Patton" resulted in the loss of entire days, Mr. Sarantakes tells us, and his petulance was Oscar-worthy.
She's a very honest, very forceful character with vanity and petulance who has been wronged, and you can't tell whether she's enjoying that or not.
"It is the petulance of the youngsters that concerns me, and a 6-1 penalty count against us in the first half shows that, " he said.
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The grandeur, childishness, petulance and the charisma, I thought, was tremendous.
During her court appearance the model may have given the odd pout and hint of petulance, but the tears never flowed and her anger did not show.
Despite his one-time success, the Australian sporting public has never really taken to Lleyton Hewitt, largely because of his on-court petulance and a few well-publicised incidents of boorish behaviour.
Gingrich's arrogance and petulance handed Clinton his re-election.
Afterward, Bartholomew told himself that what had occurred must surely be no more than a mood of petulance, an eruption from his half-stifled impatience with the embroidery and frills that dressed the simplicity of truth, with the invasive, sentimental stories that somehow made faith easier, and the hymns he hated.
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