"If a minister were to do this we would be regarded as petulant, " he said.
He wasn't a petulant Hollywood director or a reckless contestant on reality TV.
There's something inescapably petulant about Romney's preference for critiquing all aspects of the economy but not his role at Bain.
Surely - surely - the House of Commons cannot go on tolerating this greedy, partial, petulant, chippy, peevish, bellicose, socialist dunderhead.
Looking at the picture now, and knowing the story behind it, you can imagine Churchill, slightly petulant, deprived of his dummy.
Mario Balotelli, a brilliant but petulant Italian footballer of Ghanaian descent, has been booed by fans while playing for his country.
The goal sparked delirium from the home crowd and petulant displays of frustration from the Italians during the remainder of the match.
Inconveniently, Paul is engaged to shallow, manipulative but lovely Maude (Victoria Mack, archly petulant), who secretly has several irons in the fire.
Petulant love letters aside, Thurber rarely errs in the killjoy direction himself.
First, Bowman reported that Goose Creek head football coach Chuck Reedy hinted he might quit because of the SCHSL. That seems rather petulant.
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Issuing them in rapid succession was the act of a petulant teenager, loudly defying a parent he knows has already left the room.
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The speedboat from the Kuala Besut ferry pier rides high on the waves, skipping along the water like a flat stone flung by a petulant giant.
My petulant badgering of Audin had been nothing more than second-rate theatrics, which no doubt all of the Afghans expected from an earnest and self-righteous American.
His complaint made him look petulant and a bit absurd.
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The bright particular fallen star he's after turns out to be embodied by a beautiful if rather petulant young woman who answers to Yvaine (Claire Danes channeling Gwyneth Paltrow).
One of Senegal's stars in the 2002 World Cup, Diouf no longer scores goals, has a petulant, provocative temperament, and clashes continually - and often needlessly - with officials.
But for the past year Huysuz Virjin (the Petulant Virgin) has been replaced by his less exotic self, Seyfi Dursunoglu, in a show aired on a private television channel.
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That any Microsoft employee is publicly commenting on this debate is strange indeed, and these tweets are petulant enough to put a sour face on an already divisive topic.
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Even Jonah, who should have been very self satisfied at saving the entire city of Ninevah from destruction, was petulant because the promised fire and brimstone was thwarted by a repentant population.
So the best you can do is use a real narrative that will spread on its own, or establish a tone for your conversation that makes attacks on your company look petulant.
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The calm, confident Djokovic now gave way to the more petulant side of his character and he slammed his racquet into the floor as Davydenko began the second set in confident fashion.
But the toothsome "Napoleon Dynamite" star holds up his end in the petulant squabbles that make up the bulk of the off-ice time, and he appears to know his lutz from his salchow.
But to call this month's first-ever White House reception for GLBT leaders "too little too late" is akin to a petulant child throwing a tantrum because he wants to eat his dessert before dinner.
Often brandishing staves and linked at the hip by a stretch of fabric, the conjoined fellows could just as easily be two petulant pizza makers whose shared apron was stained by a tomato pie.
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As Europe tries to figure out what to do with the European Financial Stabilization Facility, the market is growing increasingly tired of waiting for an answer, and like a petulant child, is stomping its feet.
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The idea that the juvenile Anne (as she is played by Portman) could have the vision to maneuver herself into the position of Queen of England is preposterous, and the simplistic portrayal of the King as a petulant oaf detracts from the story.
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