Word: petulante
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The moods of his fellow defendants were varied. Most were nervous, winced even at the mention of their names. Ex-Foreign Minister Ribbentrop looked broken and old, with a hurt, petulant look on his frozen face. Ex-Ambassador Franz von Papen spoke to no one, listened impassively (but he had...
A more successful device is the use of the voices of what seems like hundreds of individuals. Each voice, in the inflection of its own part of the world and in the jargon of a particular martial trade, gives one molecular view of the campaign. A Brooklyn tankman tells of...
Seraglio in the Harbor. Contemptuous of the Consul's two-bit nation, Tripoli's Pasha cared little whether the U.S. fulfilled his increasing demands or not. Yankee merchantmen made good prizes, filling his coffers and slave pens as full as tribute would. Eventually, in a petulant burst of...
When her regeneration is effected through the efforts of a lonely, affection-hungry young soldier (Sonny Tufts) just back from 14 months overseas and separated from his wife, it seems hardly worth the effort. The petulant Miss Goddard confesses her love for boyish, big-boned Tufts early in the picture...
We can no longer look to Mr. Roosevelt for great, unselfish leadership in foreign affairs (witness his petulant attitude toward General de Gaulle), let alone national affairs, for he is obviously too preoccupied with playing the starring role in the great world drama of intrigue and power politics to speak...