Word: petulante
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Well, she inherited fantastic millions, and it makes her kind of petulant and unpredictable. Actually she's very good at things like business and contracts and renting out her boats, but the fact is, she is just a nebbish when it comes to affairs of the heart. I mean...
That whiny, petulant exemplar of aching self-pity, Littlechap (Everyman writ exceeding small) is back on Broadway after 16 years of blissful absence. This time the wind-up toy clown is played by Sammy Davis Jr. As thimbleful-deep in wisdom as it is mountain-high in pretentiousness, this musical...
In another case, a somewhat petulant opinion by Chief Justice Burger declared that the press had no more free-speech rights than anyone else. The outburst caused many to wonder if Burger did not have a personal peeve against the press. "There is a certain undertone of resentment against the...
Indeed, the U.S. response was chilly. While the State Department, after a three-day pause, merely expressed "regret" that Israel had not been more forthcoming, Washington's mood was spelled out more bluntly by one of Israel's leading champions, New York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits...
Jaws 2 does have a few things in common with its illustrious forebear. It cost tons of money, is set around Amity (a.k.a. Martha's Vineyard), has a score by John Williams and stars a rather petulant shark. Roy Scheider, looking unaccountably like George C. Scott after a hunger...