Word: peevishly
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...spirit is more impressive than the substance,” said Patrick W. Spence ’12. “These things tend to be a little peevish and ineffective...
...Obama is unlikely to sigh irritably as Al Gore did in 2000, or get tongue-tied like George W. Bush in 2004, or seem peevish as Bob Dole did in 1996, or gaze impatiently at his watch, as George H.W. Bush did in 1992. Indeed, judging from past debates, it is McCain who has more flashes of churlishness or over-aggressiveness when attempting to corner or humble his opponent...
...club-wielding or fire-inventing jokes. The cavemen play tennis, they go to therapists, they order roast duck with mango salsa. As allegorical stand-ins for minorities, they're more complex than the aggrieved parties usually are in sitcoms. They're not boisterous Al Sharpton firebrands but peevish, passive-aggressive, neurotic yuppies. They do what good TV characters should: they confound expectations...
Empty-nesters everywhere are giving voice to the plaint about their children's pets, in tones ranging from good-humored to peevish. When we got our kids that winsome puppy, that funny parrot, most of us never peered into the future. Nor could we foresee advances in veterinary medicine that have lengthened animals' lives, leaving parents not just with still loved pets but with geriatric cases as well...
...England restored the lowest rates since 1955), meaning that companies can finance acquisitions at a relatively low cost. Moreover, stock prices have fallen so far that the market value of some companies is less than the value of their assets. And even the European Union, which has a historically peevish attitude toward mega-mergers like General Electric and Honeywell, has more recently shown a softer side. But business has hesitated. "What was missing was the confidence of industry to believe in recovery," says Vieille. "This should open the way." If the upturn in M and A activity continues...