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I do not appreciate your petulance and eagerness to argue.
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The fourth album by these Philadelphia punks is a pristine work in the Sleater-Kinney tradition of petulance: Noise and vulnerability surge in exquisite counterpoint; guitars crunch as satisfyingly as an autumn leaf under one’s heel.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
The sense of entitlement and petulance on display is staggering.
—Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
His cop-on-the-edge routine — leather jacket, aviator glasses, motorcycle, bottomless petulance — is overcranked, as is the cartoon menace of the criminal underground, which fed into a brief cultural freakout over Japanese dominance.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Andrew’s response is more petulance; more younger brother than the adult, aging son of the sovereign.
—Jack King, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
The sense of entitlement and petulance on display is staggering.
—Jeffrey Blehar, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
His cop-on-the-edge routine — leather jacket, aviator glasses, motorcycle, bottomless petulance — is overcranked, as is the cartoon menace of the criminal underground, which fed into a brief cultural freakout over Japanese dominance.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Andrew’s response is more petulance; more younger brother than the adult, aging son of the sovereign.
—Jack King, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Petulance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petulance. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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petulance
noun
pet·u·lance
ˈpech-ə-lən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being petulant
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