| 单词 | peevish |
| 例句 | "By rights I should have my sister's command," he admitted, uncomfortably aware of how peevish that sounded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Halley later claimed that he had only been tactful to Hevelius’s face, not wanting to hasten, the death of ‘an old peevish Gentleman’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “She’s an emu-raffe, which is a bit like a donkey and a giraffe put together, only with fewer legs and a peevish temper. She’s a terrible sore loser at cards,” he added in a whisper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The discussion of Mr. Collins’s offer was now nearly at an end, and Elizabeth had only to suffer from the uncomfortable feelings necessarily attending it, and occasionally from some peevish allusions of her mother. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “He was all peevish that you always take the car because of your, what did he say? Oh yeah, selfish nature.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He concluded with an Adams salvo against “the peevish and fretful effusions of politicians,” then signed off as “J.A. In the 89 year of his age still too fat to last much longer.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He remained that way, breathing hard with peevish anger. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He at least had the grace to look Little Walder only looked peevish. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Now it was he who was on the receiving end of peevish sarcasm. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother-in-law, who was a former teacher, regarded me with some surprise and then said in a rather peevish way, “No, Zindzi cannot come and see you because she is not yet sixteen.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the week, I was peevish and slothful. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Declaration’s note back to me was prickly, bordering on peevish. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Began to roll and complain like a peevish world on a grumble. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I was peevish the next morning when we met our pilot. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And he would not speak of it any more and Lotus saw he was peevish from some anger, and she sent Cuckoo away and suffered him there alone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Everyone is peevish and touchy, we do not take kindly to all this polishing, much less to the full-dress parades. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Sharpe could not abide music; something in its vibrations agitated his animal spirits and contributed to his peevish disposition. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Maddie gasped, anger and fear making her peevish about the other girl’s seemingly limitless talents. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Unlike generations before us, we peevish and entitled millennials collectively are not stepping up to the plate. Millennials! Let’s battle the boomers and Gen Xers — who had it easy compared to us 2014-01-19T16:30:00Z She was too peevish, too egocentric and lacking in self-awareness, qualities for which her dry wit and articulate presentation of herself didn’t compensate. Reflections: Jean Harris’s Cautionary Tale 2013-01-04T21:45:19Z Or, to put it another way, a peevish old goat manages to cop off yet again with a complaisant babe. Whatever Works: could Woody Allen's age-gap plots help prolong life? 2010-06-28T11:34:00Z “Some quick thinking, unflappable bravery, and some MacGyver-like ingenuity involving a milk crate led to the swift apprehension of the peevish poultry.” Kentucky police capture 'very hostile' chicken at CVS pharmacy 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The Lunella of the series is warmer and friendlier than her more peevish comic book counterpart, but she possesses the same prodigious mental might. A New Marvel Hero Battles Supervillains and Teen Angst 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z “Natural Causes” is peevish, tender and deeply, distinctively odd — and often redeemed by its oddness. Barbara Ehrenreich Urges Us to Accept, Accept the Dying of the Light 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Just listen to Joan, who wasn’t about to high-five Don for his peevish impulse to end things with Herb and thus Jaguar. Mad Men Character Study: Meet the Old Don. Same As the New Don? 2013-05-07T09:45:20Z Yet his work never seems peevish, cynical or doctrinaire. Review: Tseng Kwong Chi’s Darkly Comic Images at Grey Art Gallery 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z He can be expansive — even, astonishingly, praising the media — and he can be peevish. President Trump’s Prime-Time Pandemic 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Without their slightly peevish emphasis on the correct pronunciation of “Kyiv,” all of us would still be saying it wrong. Perspective | Their testimony was pointed. Their clothes were reassuringly dull. 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z With the temperature well below freezing, her voice was strained, but to find fault with the moment—and The Hat—seems peevish. The History of Aretha, in Ten Videos 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Another time, I published a peevish email exchange with Reid Weingarten, the high-powered criminal defense lawyer, demanding that he change his name so no one would mistake me for a lawyer and shoot me. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: This comedian is invading my territory. And he’s good. 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z We neurotically pore over our spam boxes or think peevish thoughts about our nonreturnee’s spam box. Anyone There? 2011-07-15T19:54:11Z He played a serial killer on “Dexter,” of course, but his peevish undertaker David Fisher on “Six Feet Under” was no more reassuring. David Bowie, Celebrated by His Friends 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Such a blistering dismissal from Wagner’s chronically peevish widow can only pin another badge of honor on “Le Roi Malgré Lui.” ‘Saint-Saëns and His World’ at Bard 2012-07-20T17:08:16Z The band was very good, but the crowd was going in for styles of West Coast whimsy irksome to a peevish East Coaster like myself. T Magazine: The High Life 2011-03-25T17:30:04Z That night, though, all he knew was that she'd been peevish about his shoe suggestion. On Paper, They Were All Wrong. But in Time, Just Right. 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z He is not the kindly Santa Claus figure often associated with this role, but rather a changeable, ambivalent, even peevish, very human Sachs. Review: Wagnerian Comedy Is No Joke in the Met’s ‘Meistersinger’ 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z He was no longer a second banana but an angry light bulb, radiating his peevish glare on all his underlings. Carl Reiner Knew TV Like the Back of His Head 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The makers of the game, which features bubbly headed peevish birds attacking their enemies, the pigs, hopes it will be able to convert that popularity into legitimate sales. Angry Birds plans China theme park, retail outlets 2012-06-14T11:26:08Z Crying "cultural appropriation" is just another peevish way to alienate humans from the universality of our human experience. Joan of Arc, Superstar? Not to the Woman Playing Her 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Darragh brings an antsy, peevish edge to Tom, his retorts to his mother marinated in ripe sarcasm that she sometimes ignores, sometimes condemns. Theater Review: Judith Ivey Brings Grit to a Tennessee Williams Jewel 2010-03-25T02:29:00Z At the risk of sounding peevish, I’d maybe tweak it to “We are a family.” Carolyn Hax: When people see a rainbow family through the prism of stupidity 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z It's the tale of a Lancastrian suffragette at a festival bigging-up Leeds and I'd end up sounding peevish by asking why Leeds' Mary Gawthorpe wasn't chosen as the subject of the play. Tony Harrison to headline Leeds literature festival the Big Bookend 2013-04-12T07:00:05Z Throughout the movie, Ms. Thurman’s facial expressions suggest a peevish spoiled child about to stomp her feet and throw a full-scale tantrum. | 'Ceremony': Here Comes the Bride, a Wedding Crasher in Pursuit 2011-04-07T20:48:34Z Placing his Howard in a pen with Short's jumpy, cheerfully peevish Oliver is perfect. Like a good neighbor, Howard Morris is there for us on "Only Murders in the Building" 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Its subject matter is anything and everything, a peevish interrogation of contemporary upper middle class overexamined life presented via a grab bag of previously published articles. In defense of Katie Roiphe 2012-09-04T19:52:00Z He was an older man, weary-looking and yawning, scowling at my Massachusetts license plate, his manner, in the Mexican policeman way, peevish. Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The idea of a "proper sweet shop" with glass jars and scales stirs up wells of peevish impatience in me. TV review: Richard Hammond's Miracles of Nature; Nigel Slater: Life is Sweets 2012-11-05T22:00:01Z “Instead I must suffer, review, quiver with fears and rages — the fault, I saw, was in myself, I was a restless, peevish, flawed person.” In ‘Natural Opium,’ a Tourist Attuned to Every Indignity 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Another paper put it this way: “An old maid is one of the most cranky, ill-natured, maggoty, peevish, conceited, disagreeable, hypocritical, fretful, noisy, gibing, canting, censorious, out-of-the-way, never-to-be-pleased, good-for-nothing creatures.” Women of a Certain Age, Gail Collins Has Your Back 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Food deprivation made me peevish and abrupt; I suddenly understood Naomi’s Campbell’s complicated relationship with telephones. Model for a Day: A Writer Struts His Stuff on the Catwalk During New York Fashion Week 2012-09-14T20:07:40Z He knew the guns were helping to protect the border against the peevish neighbors to the east and west, China and Pakistan. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a particularly peevish Trump-flock in Michigan began chanting, “Turn it off!” Authoritarian hold music: How Donald Trump’s banal playlist cultivates danger at his rallies 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Her cottage becomes a sanctuary for others who are shunned — “a reeking leper, a peevish cripple, a gabby-goose actor.” Review | For fans of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ a debut novel with a dark setting and an unforgettable heroine 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z These are recognisable human beings, not saints: peevish, petulant, prone to feuds, rage and selfishness. Alive by Piers Paul Read - review 2012-10-02T11:43:14Z Patriarch Winn Van Meter, peevish and self-important, is hosting the event for pregnant daughter Daphne at his summer home. First novels roundup – reviews 2012-06-29T21:55:05Z Throughout the whole scare, which is now over, Nathan was his usual peevish self, sublimely unaware of our anxiety, though we detected a bit of depression, perhaps because he wasn’t receiving his usual adoration. Perspective | A rabies scare gave me a crash course in how to stay sane 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Not for the first time, Mr. de Blasio is creating a peevish impression that, even now, he is running against his predecessor when he needs to be running the city. Challenging Mayor de Blasio Over Times Square Plazas 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Or one could fault the unspoken villain cut edited over years of coverage that makes Charles seem either silly or peevish or . . . standing there. A matter of character: How "The Crown" squares Charles with our longstanding villain edit 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Although it could be enjoyed without it, I feel it would be peevish, like refusing to dunk one's biscuit in a cup of tea. The Great American Novelist tournament 2013-01-22T12:51:05Z The peevish legislating of speech has fallen out of favor. Bring back the “bleep”: How prestige television killed my favorite TV trope 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z We neurotically pore over our spam boxes or think peevish thoughts about our nonreturnee's spam box. Anyone there? When your email goes unanswered 2011-07-19T00:20:05Z The pilot opens with a peevish Hank trying to ignore that he learned his dad was retiring via a celebratory newspaper article on the front page of the arts section. Review | Can depression get playful? ‘Lucky Hank’ says yes. 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z His character is a peevish no-good who shoots people and kicks bear cubs. ‘Cocaine Bear’ review: A violently mediocre drug-fueled creature feature 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Looking like a prophet in his white beard and robe, he attacked several prominent figures in the Islamist world with the air of a peevish grandfather scolding his wayward offspring. Zawahiri’s legacy: Querulous bands of militants and a chance for rebirth 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z But by Friday evening, it was clear that keeping a corps of dejected and increasingly peevish Democrats in town would not produce any breakthroughs. Democrats face a frustrating end to a stormy year, with no guarantee of smoother sailing ahead 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Damon works hard to convey those emotions but somehow only makes de Carrouges seem merely peevish. ‘The Last Duel’ review: Matt Damon, Adam Driver face off in Ridley Scott’s well-staged medieval epic 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The censorship is anything but a peevish dictator’s tantrum. Kim Jong-un Calls K-Pop a ‘Vicious Cancer’ in the New Culture War 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Worst of all, Petridis says, “The tone isn’t anything as stirring or exciting as anger, just endless peevish discontent and sneering dismissal.” After riling fans with anti-lockdown songs, Van Morrison now accused of anti-Semitism 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Labour former Cabinet minister Lord Reid said it would be seen by the international community as "peevish and vindictive", urging ministers to "reverse this blunder and do the honourable thing". EU 'does not accept' UK decision on diplomats 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z But privately he could be peevish, surly, even fiercely angry. David Dinkins, New York’s First Black Mayor, Dies at 93 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z A year after Pence left Indiana to join Trump in the White House, a local teenager said she was troubled that the world would view Columbus as a peevish, unaccepting place. Mike Pence's Indiana hometown built by a different kind of Republican 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Biden, advised to maintain his cool, constantly looked peevish at Trump’s behavior, responding at times with well-prepared rejoinders but also with dismissive verbal broadsides. Trump sets the tone for the worst presidential debate in living memory 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Someone’s patient daily labor ensured that shelves were stocked and toilets cleaned, floors scrubbed and invoices paid, that fretful bank managers were reassured and peevish customers sent away happy. Opinion | When it comes to denouncing violence, the issue isn’t lives vs. property 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Conway went on two criticize local officials for engaging in "peevish Twitter spats" with the president rather than accepting his offer of federal help to keep the peace. Conway dismisses Duckworth claim gun control would stem urban violence as bid to 'mollify the hard left' 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z “Whinging” is defined as complaining “persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.” Opinion | Trump’s foreign policy of petulance 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z But DeSantis gets peevish, and sounds like he’s totally over answering questions about unemployment benefits. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z “It was a big intrusion on McKinley’s presidency because she was so demanding and sometimes quite peevish,” said Robert W. Merry, author of a 2017 biography. Canada stops dithering after coronavirus sickens Trudeau's wife 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z The other is the sometimes bumbling, frequently ineffective and often peevish politician who showed up Wednesday night, operating on the fly. One Mike Bloomberg spent $340 million on carefully polished ads. The other Mike Bloomberg stepped onstage in Wednesday’s debate. 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Brendan Rodgers was not being peevish when he said Leicester deserved to win this game. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z And Britain under Margaret Thatcher was described as "an ugly, racist, rancorous little place... a mean, peevish little country... with its acid rain of criticism and condescension." Obituary: Jonathan Miller 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In the end, though, God answers with a thunderous, if not peevish, rebuke. Behind the story: Trying to explain how one man’s faith sustained him during tragedy 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Their fights with one another have been cranky and peevish rather than bold, focused and attractive. Rahm Emanuel slaps Democratic hopefuls 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z This particular peevish shot laughed its way over the green and down a slope. Brooks Koepka holds off Dustin Johnson to win his second PGA Championship 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z The notebooks are the record of a peevish soul trying to break out of a trap. Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and “The Making of Americans” 2005-06-06T04:00:00Z The date was March 19, 1979, when the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network — C-SPAN — signed on the air to provide complete coverage of the House of Representatives minus peevish input from partisan commentators or grim anchormen. Inside the Beltway: Muscular media: C-SPAN turns 40 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z People close to the president called it a course correction after his peevish reaction to Mr. McCain’s death. In Funeral of Pomp and Pageantry, Nation Bids Farewell to George Bush 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z To be fair to Ansari, this doesn’t come across as special pleading, nor remotely peevish. Aziz Ansari suggests 'wokeness' can go too far at surprise gig 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z In the end, the victory always goes to the gauleiters because of their peevish concern for “administrative efficiency.” The Strange Case of the Missing Joyce Scholar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Of the many things I loved about getting high, the one I loved best was that it commuted the voice in my head — usually peevish or bored — to one full of curiosity and delight. Legalizing marijuana is fine. But don’t ignore the science on its dangers. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z This makes them feel powerful, and recognized--as do his peevish racist tweets about football players & the other racist nonsense he spews. Do Trump’s ‘Approval’ Numbers Tell Us About Him, or About Us? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Indeed there could, and he gave it to us, too, mocking Kim Jong-un’s weight and height in a tweet that was like a snippet of peevish dialogue from a middle-school cafeteria. Opinion | Donald Trump’s Radical Honesty 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Can Mattis remain so widely respected, among Republicans and Democrats, without drawing the wrath of a peevish, prideful president? Opinion | Trump likes Mattis. Will it last? 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z In the meantime, however, there will be no shortage of conflicting diagnoses, with pockets of consensus surrounded by a few peevish second and third opinions. What's the state of this year's wide-open Oscar race? Let's examine further. 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Rather than making America great again, it would do the very opposite by making the country small, peevish, inward-looking and heedless of its role on the global stage. Opinion | The White House’s preposterous policy analysis on refugees 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The reporters had at first been rather peevish at having been asked to risk their skins for old manuscripts, but they ended by being impressed by the scholar’s overmastering enthusiasm. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Shame-faced, bashful, insolent, chaste, luxurious, peevish, prattling, silent, fond, doting, laborious, nice, delicate, ingenious, slow, dull, forward, humorous, debonair, wise, ignorant, false in words, true speaking, both liberal, covetous, and prodigal. Montaigne on Trial 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z Some of this state-level hardball is, really, more peevish than Machiavellian. North Carolina’s Partisan Crisis 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Similar to the petulant chippy vibe of the Brexit victory, the Trump triumph is peevish and cantankerous, seizing on any opportunity to reclaim the credentials of the besieged that propelled him to victory. Whether it’s Brexit or Trump, populists are such sore winners | Nesrine Malik 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Oliver is warm and gregarious; Philip is peevish and aloof. ‘The Pride’ shows social mores change, but love and attraction never do 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Challenged and peevish, I ruminate: Always suspect a friend with a degree in geology. Take 2: A bike ride out of my comfort zone, and into an incredible view near Mount Rainier 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z While the event was billed as a cozy exchange of ideas between two Wall Street heavy-hitters, it played out instead as a series of slightly peevish questions posed by Mr. Cryan to Mr. Fink. At BlackRock, a Wall Street Rock Star’s $5 Trillion Comeback 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z But—get hold of something, peevish car snobs—the engine is turbocharged. 2017 Aston Martin DB11 Review: Your Gran Tourismo Awaits, Sire 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z It all sounded peevish and self-regarding at the time, and offered little to the majority of non-business-owning voters who just want a decent job. Normalising narcissism 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Guy Lawson was at a diner on a recent afternoon, feeling peevish about the state of reading in America. For 'War Dogs' writer Guy Lawson, a persona worthy of his tales 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Indeed, the whole film is oddly poised between the pensive and the peevish, with a topdressing of high jinks. “Independence Day”: Peace No More 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The standard line is that it represents a peevish reaction from officers to “public scrutiny” and expectations of increased accountability. The Nationwide Crime Wave Is Building 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Yes, yes — he’s a rambling orator, at best, and notoriously peevish. The problem with John Kasich? He’s not apocalyptic. 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z His defiant reliance on his family to fight his battles, whether or not they were actually in the room, got tiresome, especially the peevish line, "My brother kept us safe." Jeb and the Media Have Been Sunk by Trump 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z At a Tuesday press conference he was peevish as usual, maybe even a bit more than usual. Regrets, He’s Had a Few 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z That prompted a peevish Mrs Simpson Miller to threaten to sue, and to pull out of three planned debates. Let them eat goat 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z If it has been a while since I have been aloft, I’m restless, peevish, mindless, tired—useless as a human being. Has the Internet Made Air Travel Irrelevant? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z It helps to know that Montaigne considered himself peevish and prattling, and Shakespeare felt he'd played the indiscriminating clown. A Point of View: Is there any such thing as a wise person? - BBC News 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z At times, the scrutiny has led Carson to engage in atypically peevish exchanges with the media. Ben Carson, Conservative Folk Hero 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Both journalists and president were peevish during the encounter; there were murky moments and repetition — not helpful in an atmosphere charged with war and rumors of war. Inside the Beltway: Hillary Clinton has 10 fundraisers this week 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Has there ever been a more peevish pack, a more petulant populace, than the 2016 Republican presidential contenders? A peevish pack of GOP contenders 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Nothing like a peevish dictator to mess up a weekend. The 10 Most Ridiculous Scientific Studies 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z There’s a reason Mad Max is so peevish. Review: ‘Mad Max’ takes a bumpy ride beyond the apocalypse 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z And he used the occasion to reinforce his image as an angry, bombastic and at times peevish candidate most at home on the attack as he tapped into voter resentment toward Washington. Trump, Fiorina Shine in GOP Debates as 2016 Race Begins in Earnest 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Ron Christie acknowledges that Kasich has one major shortcoming, “his somewhat peevish temperament”: A Choleric Christian 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z And Brian d’Arcy James, as a foppish and peevish King George, sings three songs to his former American colonies like a jilted lover - “You’ll be back,” he croons - and will have you crying with laughter. Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ is a rollicking show 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z And Boehner vowed to continue the party’s existing policy of peevish obstructionism. 3 Reasons Why Obama Should Spearhead Immigration Reform 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z But I am tired beyond belief of the peevish and western-centric commonplace that Ai is, somehow, both a heroic activist and a mediocre artist. @Large: Ai Weiwei takes over Alcatraz with Lego carpets and a hippie dragon 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z According to Kahneman, when we are peevish or unhappy, we tend to lose touch with our intuition. How Important Is Your First Impression Really? 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z None of Christie’s adjectives, from “acerbic” to “peevish,” quite captures the sour sanctimony that comes across in Politico’s telling of this story. A Choleric Christian 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z In the next great war, he succeeded to Supreme Commander, controlling the men and armies that had come together under a peevish coalition of “Allies” to defeat the most recent German horde. How Dwight D. Eisenhower Invented The Internet -- And The Desktop Computer 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Of the world’s 43,000 known varieties of spiders, an overwhelming majority are peevish loners: spinning webs, slinging lassos, liquefying prey and attacking trespassers, each spider unto its own. Basics: The Social Life of Spiders Thriving in a Social Web 2014-05-11T19:02:31Z Comedians are famously peevish about the expectation that they’ll always be “on,” and yet it has to be said: On the Web, like many of his established comic peers, he’s just not very funny. Why I unfollowed Patton Oswalt — and you should too 2014-05-09T13:35:00Z Watson had been peevish with caddie Ted Scott at times earlier this season, quick to blame him for a bad read after a missed putt. Why This Bubba Watson Is Different 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z Voters Approve of City’s Progress, Poll Finds, but Seek Empathetic Mayor After 12 years with a peevish and pragmatic billionaire running the city, New Yorkers are eager for a mayor with heart. Voters Approve of City’s Progress, Poll Finds, but Seek Empathetic Mayor 2013-07-18T06:48:19Z Under the spotlight, it says, he too often sounds peevish, evasive and exasperated. Papers preview local elections 2013-05-01T04:33:00Z I realize that this may seem like a peevish quibble, but it bothers me nonetheless, because it is frequently used in conjunction with equally unnatural modes of cooking like sous-vide. The Five Worst New Food Trends 2013-01-17T12:03:54Z "In so brazenly playing to the home gallery," it says, "David Cameron only perpetuated the UK's image as peevish and semi-detached." Papers ponder Cameron debate stance 2012-12-11T05:57:45Z Meanwhile, Kiffin keeps getting embroiled in little incidents, evincing petty, peevish behavior, that must be seriously grating to some old-line Trojan boosters, and perhaps Haden. Is Kiffin wearing on USC? 2012-11-08T20:10:51Z But at Hofstra, challenged constantly by the president, he appeared peevish and testy — interrupting the president and peppering him with questions. For Obama, Romney, final debate is pivotal 2012-10-20T16:48:00Z They want to ban burning the American flag, while the Democrats engage in confusing, peevish debates about whether flag burning is free speech. Op-Ed Contributor: My Asian Dad and Mitt Romney’s Muffin Tops 2012-09-03T01:56:16Z Hotspur is usually construed as a romantic warrior, but Mr. Barker puts an interesting, peevish spin on this hero, who evidently suffers from the same disgruntled mood shared by his cranky Percy elders. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Henry IV, Part 1,’ at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey 2012-06-16T03:29:05Z She was temperate, chaste, and charitable; But She was proud, peevish, and passionate. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z The geometrician in the right eye, too much at his ease to question his possibly peevish comrade in the matter, answers the same. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z If any critic, on perusing this chronicle, is moved to peevish condemnation of Armathwaite's amazing conduct that morning, the man himself would be the last to protest. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z For no sufficient reason, so she admitted to herself, she became restless and peevish, and generally discontented. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Poor Barrington! it was a trying moment for him, that short walk into the dinner-room, and he felt very grateful to M'Cormick that he said nothing peevish or sarcastic to him on the way. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z When he was told that the heir of promise was to be Sarah’s child, he could not repress the somewhat peevish exclamation: “Oh, that Ishmael might serve Thy turn!” The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z After a few moments, as he stood at the door, he heard another cry, small, timorous, peevish, that changed to a wail and then died away. Mademoiselle Blanche A Novel 2012-04-07T02:00:33.037Z "But how can I show either true repentance or true faith?" exclaimed the dying man, with a peevish movement of the hand. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z There was no quarrelling, not so much as a peevish word to be heard; nor was any one seen idle; all were in their several employs: nor was there wanting sober mirth. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The game involves launching peevish birds at green pigs hiding inside flimsy structures. Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ?Stupid Games? 2012-04-04T17:34:03Z Lot in his need could only utter a peevish, pitiful, childish cry. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis 2012-04-08T02:00:21.793Z She became peevish and irritable, discontented and unhappy, moody and melancholy. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z Little Damaris was fretful, as she so often was, one afternoon early in March; the child was not strong and consequently was peevish. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z It was an ill-mannered word, but I was cold and peevish. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Cheese it is a peevish elf, It digests all things but itself. Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words 2012-03-29T02:00:12.730Z When he ails ever so little… he is so peevish. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Depending on your point of view, the commissioner was either strikingly peevish or admirably resolute against lawmakers who offered criticism but no real solutions for containing violent crime. City Room: A Balancing Act for the Police Department 2012-03-22T13:18:29Z His mouth was peevish, his eyes sharp and saturnine. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z And when it was not peevish it was frightened. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z His white hands, gay with rings, were well cared for; his peevish chin rested on a falling-collar of lace worthy of a Cardinal. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z He had a long sallow face, which seemed the sallower for the dark heavy wig that fell round it; a large hooked nose and full peevish lips; with eyes both bright and morose. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z When just in front of Chir Chuma, he struck the ground with his brand, and one hundred people, as passionate and peevish as himself, sprang up around him. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Cheese is a peevish elf, It digests all but itself. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z A nervous impatience, a peevish irritability showed in his every movement; whether he raised his hand to silence the old man's crooning, or fell again to biting his nails in moody depression. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z True, I detested the task of watching her: it filled me with peevish disgust. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Even Irsay tucked away his lately dominant peevish side and said all the best things. The Fifth Down: Leading Off: The Classy Goodbye 2012-03-08T15:58:54Z He rushed at the peevish, passionate warrior with weapons made of ice and snow. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z She took the brooch, and flung it back, and said, in peevish tone, “I’ll neither have thee nor thy brooch—presumptuous boy, be gone!” Servian Popular Poetry 2012-03-03T03:00:19.423Z Her large eyes had lost their peevish discontent, and a great sadness had taken the place. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z "And very peevish," he added, shaking his head as he stalked away under the apple-trees, "as he's like to be, more and more till the end." Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Her face wore a frown and her tone was peevish; but she closed her book, keeping her place in it with her finger. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z I lay still in my blanket, counting the strokes which rang out in thin, peevish monotony, like the cracked voice of a beldame repeating her petty woes. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z He was tall and thin, with stooping shoulders and a high-nosed face, that in youth had been masterful and now was peevish and weary. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Run after that same peevish messenger, Orsino's man: he left this ring behind him, Would I, or not; tell him, I'll none of it. Twelfth Night or, What You Will 2012-02-18T03:00:14.920Z After a moment in which Denys lived an hour of agony, a peevish half-inarticulate noise issued from the room at the head of the little stairs. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z She shut up her book with peevish violence, and looked at me with her weak eyes. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Mademoiselle Brunelle, an unromantic lady of middle age, too commonplace to enjoy the fantastic, looked on eccentricities with a jaundiced eye, and the contemplation made her peevish. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z He looked older as he spoke; more broken and more peevish. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z With a peevish sigh, she wrote an effusive letter to Pharamond, begging him to return to Lorge, wishing the while that he would break his neck upon the journey. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z Go to, peevish writer; art tied smarting by the leg, and may not see the beauties of Venice. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z No wonder if there was an expression of settled weariness about those handsome eyes and peevish lines about her jaded mouth. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z But he had married too late--at forty-five; and the four years which followed, and their sequel, had darkened the rest of his life, drawn crow's-feet about his eyes and peevish lines about his mouth. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Fortunately, before he had done more than give vent to peevish complaints, they entered. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z But as her soul became more shrivelled she pointedly avoided even the mention of Terence's name, and showed general signs of a peevish querulousness, which was alien to her strong character. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Say you, 'a painter must not be peevish in such matters.' The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z My lord waxed peevish, and drummed his fingers on the shutters and yawned in the face of Curran, for he sniffed in the wind a quarrel which would bore him. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z "Better!" her mother retorted in the same peevish tone. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Tapping her fan against the barrier with a peevish shrug of shapely shoulders, she demanded, in a chirrupping voice, as loud and clear as musical, to be instantly rescued from contamination. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z He is jealous of me, and as peevish as an old maid. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z He could not comprehend why he had left his affectionate wife and acquired parents; and peevish and discontented, he next morning set forth to continue his journey. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Harry's face was now seriously clouded and his voice peevish. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z "You hear what he says, Sonitchka," said the invalid in a peevish voice. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Pain in liver and eyes; jaundice; face yellowish; very weak; did not wish to answer questions: sad and peevish. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z An aisle ran down the middle of the car, and already men and women and peevish children were retiring to rest. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z Whim′peringly.—Be on the whimper, to be peevish and ready to cry. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Harry's face was suddenly transformed to a peevish amazement. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Pet, pet, n. a sudden fit of peevishness or slight passion: ill-humour.—v.i. to be peevish, to sulk. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z She was probably good-natured by temperament and peevish through excessive use of cigarettes. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z One image that inspired a welter of favorable reaction was an encounter between Mr. Ma and a peevish pork vendor who turned away in disgust. Taiwan Vote Stirs Chinese Hopes for Democracy 2012-01-16T19:51:03Z Touch′y, irritable: peevish.—Touch up, to improve by a series of small touches, to elaborate, embellish.—A near touch, a close shave. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z I heard more plainly the cry of some night birds over Nethermere, and the peevish, wailing, yarling cry of some beast in the wood. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In his first year in office, Gov. became accustomed to the grumblings of a peevish and powerful Manhattan billionaire media mogul. Murdoch, on Twitter, Calls Cuomo a ?Chicken? 2012-01-13T03:08:42Z They hate to mingle in the filthy fray, Where the soul sours, and gradual rancour grows Imbittered more from peevish day to day. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Then said a Second—�Ne'er a peevish Boy Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy; And he that with his hand the Vessel made Will surely not in after Wrath destroy.� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z With a rather peevish and fretful air he turned to them and said, 'Well, ladies, what can I do for you?' Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z “Nothing ready, I dare swear,” he quavered, and shot a peevish and fiery glance round it. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z She became quite peevish when the effect of the gin wore off and was nothing but a querulous old woman. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z The deserter having returned of his own free will, the caravan started forward, cursed by the slow progress of the peevish, profane and violent Shaw. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Another said—�Why, ne'er a peevish Boy, Would break the Bowl from which he drank in Joy; Shall He that made the Vessel in pure Love And Fancy, in an after Rage destroy!� The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z Persis could not conceivably mate herself for life to a peevish underling like him. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z He heard the baronet's peevish voice ordering Crozier about. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z It would hover for awhile in the air, giving vent to many a peevish, mournful chirp, then fly away again. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Oh, Archie is not weeping; catch him doing anything so girlish and peevish! From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Only the wind, and now and then the cry of some night-hawk or its victim; or the plaintive, peevish yap of the prairie fox. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Human beings die at all ages; and I have seen boys who are adult, while grown-up men or grey-beards are often nothing better than peevish and ridiculous children. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z They become peevish, these poor nerveless creatures, if one speak of their weakness and combat the shameful spirit of lies in them. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z He grew impatient, irritable, peevish if a workman were inefficient, and would have dismissed him on the spot. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z He had been busy with a peevish customer who haggled about a twenty-five-cent overcharge. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z The chronic complainant is a pessimistic partner and a peevish adversary. Bridge Axioms and Laws 2011-11-26T03:00:16.523Z "Not much to work on," grumbled Gregory, "and I suppose, as usual, that the chief will be as peevish as Hades if we don't nab the guilty party within the week." On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z He, too, had been eating too much and was feeling peevish. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z The child broke into peevish screams, and was at once lifted by the strong arms of the bonne, just as a lady abruptly joined them. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z “Let’s go to a midnight show somewhere,” a peevish wife-voice suggested. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z A peevish scream and peculiar clucking or cackling. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Poodles are generally peevish, whining, and snappish, prone to get under chairs and bite at feet, and to writhe about the skirts of dresses. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z On the other hand, to those who, as she knew, loved and admired her, she took delight in seeming peevish, so that they might not think her better than she really was. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z I—I must make you a promise," she retorted, in what would have been, if louder, a peevish wail, "just as though I had really intended some—some gross, revengeful act! An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z You may see them dragging heavily along, with wan, exhausted faces; peevish and cross, and scolded and shaken and slapped for being peevish and cross. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z You haven’t got it yet,” spoke the invalid, in peevish tones. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z And, in spite of his irritation and peevish morning temper, it touched some part of him that still loved below the corruption that was spreading over him like some jungle-growing lichen. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z A peevish light, cold and chill, made its way into the Se�orita de Elorza's room, giving the articles of furniture a lugubrious aspect quite different from what they usually bore. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Mrs Norberry angrily shook them off, with a peevish—'Get along, girls.' Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter 2011-11-04T02:00:17.120Z He made a vigorous attack without being as peevish and outrageous as usual. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Remote from peevish joys and ills Our souls, pro tem, are purged and free: We see the sun on western hills, The crumbling tumult of the sea. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z Two Kinds of Sobriety.—In order not to confound the sobriety arising from mental exhaustion with that arising from moderation, one must remark that the former is peevish, the latter cheerful. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Her chief anxiety, expressed in peevish accents, was regarding the loss of her "valuable" diamond, which might either be in the boat or else washed through the gaping seams into the trackless waste of sand. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z An inhabitant of the Adelphi, when an invalid, was much annoyed by the peevish and lengthened cry of “Venny,” proceeding every morning and evening from a muffin-man whenever he rang his bell. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z But for this babe, the nursling of my sorrow, Whose peevish cry was my consoling care, How much I came to love him ye shall hear. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z Now by degrees Master Adler waxed mighty fat and had many peevish ways and tricks; thus he spoke with no man, but listened to everything. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:20.960Z I call it the thought of a peevish, froward, fractious child. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z You are peevish and exhausted, or you would perceive that I have generally allowed you to make the issue, and more than once have endeavored to dissuade you from doing so. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Jules had a peevish fit on him, but he remained quietly at a window, with the boys. Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z Any thing else had surely been better than to fill up his heavy folios with such peevish nonsense. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z Hamburger," he then said, still in a peevish voice, though the first appearance of returning good humour was seen in the corners of his eyes, "I shall make you my doctor! For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z But when his grandmother came to see him, he was cross and peevish and went off to his father. In God's Way A Novel 2011-10-13T02:00:38.570Z I asked, in what was a deplorably peevish tone. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z It wasn’t peevish, for that wasn’t the p. 85tone of a calm goddess; but it expressed a good deal—a good deal more than Lady Barb, who was rarely eloquent, had expressed before. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This is going pretty far; but the peevish, though incorruptible patriot, proceeds a great deal farther. Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works 2011-10-18T02:00:19.057Z There were Sausages on Toast, but they are in bad odour, uppish, and peevish to the eye, and there is no bread. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Such peevish pew, I tell you true, Not for a crown of gold There cometh one sip within my lip, Whether it be new or old. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z I want the girls to see that I got the very best and finest stones in New York, and someone dares suggest that they may be lava!” grumbled Mr. Dalken, trying to be peevish. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z I daresay it’s very peevish and critical of me to ask for anything else. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z After a while it occurred to her that it might be better not to write of his injustice, and of his peevish procedure, since, if she did, he would be ready for still greater stubbornness. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z But, in general, his vein was peevish, and apt to vent itself in indiscriminate petulance or stern reproof. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z No one made answer to this; only Basia came up, with lips pouting like those of a peevish child, and said, "I am sorry for Pan Michael." Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z As the first faint tinge of dawning day began to broaden in the east, he shook the dew from his wings, and gave vent to a little peevish twitter. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z I am guessing that I sound merely peevish to you. A Good Mozzarella Is Hard to Find 2011-09-07T09:00:00Z Too little makes one peevish and selfish, and too much makes one foolish. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z She was still pretty, but she was losing her complexion, and the peevish lines I had noticed the night before showed more deeply round her babyish mouth. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z His voice was growing more and more familiar to me every moment in its sulky, peevish tones. Kitty's Conquest 2011-08-30T02:00:36.270Z It was remarked, that, after this unfortunate raid, Johnstone became morose and peevish, beyond his usual; seemed to suffer great mental agony; and was one morning found dead in his bed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z And wouldst have asked, I fancy, as many have done, the hidden meaning of the device surrounding it.—I left thee in the dark, dear lad, and treated thy curiosity in a peevish manner. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z I heard my husband give a little peevish "Ah!" rise, leave the room, and then bang the door of his laboratory upstairs behind him. Penelope Brandling A Tale of the Welsh coast in the Eighteenth Century 2011-08-25T02:00:27.073Z A peevish look hovered round her mouth and all her brightness and dash seemed to have been swallowed up in a great languor. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z He was "More peevish, cross and splenetic Than dog distract or monkey sick." Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z The uneasiness he suffered, and the peevish complaints to which he was continually giving utterance, were occasioned by the want of deference, with which he found himself treated by all Mary’s ministers. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z During these three days, I did not behold the features of any living being, except the peevish face of an old sub-janitor, who brought my food, and in the evening lighted my lamp. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z American fecklessness was on painful display for much of the past week as the Washington debt-ceiling standoff revealed us to the world at our peevish worst. Mars has flowing water 2011-08-04T14:05:00Z ‘Yes, for sure, out of temper enough,—quite peevish and fretful.’ Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion 2011-07-29T02:00:29.353Z I play the spiteful boy—she is an obstinate peevish girl. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z “Cheese, Stephen?” she said in her peevish way, towards the end of the repast. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z "It is useless, my dear young lady," he said, with, for him, an almost peevish complaint. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z She laid it to the supposition that Miss Horner was, perhaps, a trifle peevish at being delayed. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z The landlady was a bit peevish and hysterical, and, of course, very bothersome. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z Mother says the best of men are peevish when convalescing, but my Cousin Clifford is not cross. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Helen was hot and peevish; Mrs Bolter was petulant and fretting about the doctor stopping so long away; while Grey Stuart felt as if at the smallest provocation she would burst into tears. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Perhaps he thinks the ingenuousness of Aunt Sonora, the free-and-easy humor of Ike Turtle, the peevish jealousy of Mrs. Bird, are the fruit simply of what he terms "western vulgarity." The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Did he become small and petty and peevish and revengeful? The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Meanwhile two great gulls, the cause of what was within an inch of being an awful catastrophe, circled around and around their disturbed eggs, uttering their harsh and peevish shrieks. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z The porter put forth his shaven head from a shutter, and inquired in a peevish tone, who it was, and what was wanted so late. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z A bit peevish with weariness,” suggested the Resident, who drove back a curious sense of uneasiness that troubled him. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z When the Governor Of this same peevish town shall call a parley, Break you it up, and from it speak our pleasure. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z He was pale and listless, absent, bored, and—shall we own it?—at times excessively irritable, not to say peevish. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z His temper, too, was peevish and uncertain, whether owing to the supplies of grog being cut off, or the reverses sustained by his arms, was open to debate. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A character of a splenetic and peevish humour should have a satirical wit. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z I too should be perfectly happy, were it not that Eva begins to be a little weak, and, besides, the poor thing becomes peevish. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z Lady E. Blandish, I am horridly peevish; have you any thing new to divert me? The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z He did not say—which was the implication of Wilfley’s tone—“Old man, you’ve been out here too long, and illness has made you peevish.” The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z "She'll never say nay, but sport and play; O, Bessy to me is the queen of the May; For Margery she is peevish and proud; Come, fiddlers, then, and scrape the crowd." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z This thought, and her peevish temper, preyed on p. 18her impaired constitution. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z My father and mother said that he became more peevish, and annoyed them two weeks. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z In about an hour Robert strode into her parlor, and with a lowering face and peevish voice asked: "Why did you go away?" A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Sooner or later, Serlo used to put an end to such peevish lamentations by some bitter sally; but by this means, commonly, the talk for the evening was destroyed. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Somewhere a peevish child wailed fitfully for hours on end, somewhere else a man snored as if strangling in his sleep. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z If you stayed on here wi' me, wi' the whole-souled notion o' comforting an unhappy 'ooman, I should wax peevish wi' 'ee. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z The unruffled water slept beneath the shadowing trees from which, ever and anon, sounded the peevish twitter of drowsy birds. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The Prince sat upright in his sick-bed, with peevish face, before drawings of Herculaneum, and was letting himself be informed on the subject by Bouverot. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z This attack on our untiger-like Shakespeare turns poor Greene into an enraged wasp, peevish and mortified at the Shakespearian hand which had often larded his leanness, or scarified his tumidities. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z His wife, and even his daughter, he would make the objects of peevish and absurd reproaches. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Margaret had parted from him as a serious and thoughtful boy—“a little peevish boy,” Shakspere calls him; she met him again as a hero, the King of England. Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools 2011-05-23T02:00:09.167Z Richard Jones had but that one child, that peevish, sickly, fretful little daughter; but she was his all. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z So busy was she with her observations, that a fretful, peevish, but decidedly masculine voice near by startled her as if from a doze. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z How he was employed at this unknown era of his life, the peevish jealousy of a brother of the craft has curiously informed us. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Her face was pale and petulant, with great brown eyes that roamed restlessly and were full of peevish misery. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Then Sinson went to his old grandmother, and bore her peevish humours for a short time, still seeking intelligence to further his designs. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z Mrs. Gray grumbled, Jane was grim, Mary was peevish, and Mrs. Brown occasionally dropped in "to keep them going," as she said herself. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z And Polydore tells me that Edward Owen is just as peevish for her sake," the sister continued, "as she for her absent swain's. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z The peevish tone betrayed how sore was the subject altogether, and Mr. Flood smiled. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Ever since, she has become the most awful peevish creature in the world, poor thing, and one can't be surprised at that! Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z In answer to her brother's peevish dissatisfaction, she urged that her visit might be very short, but that it would be ungrateful, uncharitable, every way perverse, to reject what was offered with such true kindness. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z She remembered how dearly, how fondly loved was that peevish child; and she may be forgiven if she involuntarily thought the contrast between that love, and her own portion of indifference, bitter. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z She took the brooch, and flung it back and said, in peevish tone, "I'll neither have thee nor thy brooch—presumptuous boy, be gone!" An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics 2011-05-14T02:00:10.287Z He was clean shaven, with red cheeks and a prominent nose, his little eyes were of a metallic blue-black, like those of little children and animals, and had an absent and peevish look. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Whereupon little Wilfred lisped out that he too would go out with papa, and set up a peevish whine. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z Barrington did stop; but he looked feebly peevish, and in a tone of disgust said, plainly, "Do let me alone, can't you?" True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z Mrs. Gray had never cared about Mary Jones; she had always thought her what she was indeed—a sickly and peevish child. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z He picks up and handles, not without a sickly creep of horror, the viscous fleshy things, clammy polypi, bulging, translucent cucumber-objects smelling of the peevish brine. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z In order that a poem of that sort may come into existence from time to time—who would believe how much idleness and boredom and peevish laziness is necessary? Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z But at length the cold stare was softened, and the pale, peevish, furrowed face turned to Theodore with a faint show of interest. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z To pretend to admire these peevish outbursts, however much we may be stimulated by the better sides of Butler's intelligence, is abject. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z Of the two apprentices—one a sickly, fretful girl of sixteen, heard her not; she went on sewing, and the very way in which she drew her needle and thread was peevish. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z She felt peevish, tired, cross and selfish, and her head ached, as one's head nearly always does after being sick in the night. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Only now do I see that her insistence I return the object to its original location wasn’t peevish or unwelcoming but pragmatic. The New Old Age: Everything in Its Place, Until It's Not 2011-04-08T12:00:46Z Then she roused herself and startled Margaret with her peevish indecision. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z No woman would ha' been half so gentle with a peevish old man, often mad with pain. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z "George was getting better, could sit up a little, and was as impatient and peevish as a naughty child." Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z It has no song, but merely a plaintive or peevish call-note, uttered from time to time with a jerking gesture of the wings and tail. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z “Goodness, girls, what’s that awful noise?” an indignant brown head poked itself out from one of the umbrella-guarded doors and sent its peevish remonstrance down the corridor. Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman 2011-04-01T02:00:36.933Z I came home to an empty house, after to-day’s rehearsal, tired and a bit peevish, perhaps. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z The fact that she could not reply made her more peevish, and she turned without another word and walked back to camp. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z “Your sister will never, I hope, echo the peevish complaint of an idle girl, who had not energy enough to nail up her peaches,” observed Captain Arrows. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z Sometimes he was hasty, peevish, and tyrannical, and would even lose entirely his self-possession. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z The Chief didn't say much, which is his way when you come in with a new "twist," but Mr. George wouldn't have it, got quite peevish and said my imagination had run away with me. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z From behind a door at the far end of the room came a noise of crockery and pans and then a woman's voice, peevish and scolding, and another woman's answering back. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z As I opened the door the oxen turned their big, reproving eyes upon me, while even the cow tossed her head from side to side in peevish protest. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Lord Verney was very much moved when he read this sad letter; he was pathetic and peevish, much moved and irritated, and shed some tears. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Her face expressed a mixture of querulousness and hauteur, and she spoke in a languid drawl, with strange peevish inflections. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z "The old woman was only giving me a hint not to annoy Miss Kilfinane; not to excite her peevish temper, or exasperate her envy." A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z But the temptation of the man, the splendid efforts of the monarch to rule a peevish people—these were lost on him. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z She was the most peevish person I ever knew. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z "Come in, ma'am," he answered, in a weary, peevish voice. The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:53.937Z Her lip trembled as she repeated once more, "I try—I do try to be good," with an almost peevish emphasis. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z In his ‘Epistle to James Smith’ he wrote: Truce with peevish, poor complaining! The Real Robert Burns 2011-02-18T03:00:20.253Z She spoke and acted like a peevish child. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z And is it not more than hard for a hasty, peevish, irritable dog like myself? Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Children generally go into either one extreme or the other: when travelling, they are either terribly peevish and irritable, or as good as gold. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z Sometimes the women were peevish or quarrelsome; always the children were ignorant and dirty. Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z He was a delicate, nervous child, wan and peevish; far too tall and old-fashioned for his age. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z Mary, the oldest girl, she found passionate and self-willed; Florence, the second, good-natured, but careless and slovenly; while Margaret, the third, was in ill health, and exceedingly peevish. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z And meanwhile Mrs. Brill continued peevish and lachrymose, and Salvina found it more and more difficult to hide her own melancholy. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z The Spectator and The New Statesman, Massingham’s peevish weekly, Punch, The Sketch and The Tatler, Eve and the Bystander, which had come downstairs from the higher regions, were scattered here and there. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The boys refrained from their usual snappish behavior, the mother was less peevish, and her father's face wore a look of quiet approval. The Hazeley Family 2011-01-24T03:00:16.447Z “Oh, but you needed it all, my boy!” protested the woodsman, checking the young man’s peevish regrets that he had slept so long. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Thus spoke Mrs. Smith, in a peevish voice, to a quiet-looking domestic, who had been called up from the kitchen to supply some unimportant omission in the breakfast-table arrangement. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z When everybody was in a boisterous good-humour—except the two Vranics, for strong drink only rendered them peevish and quarrelsome—the subject of the visit was broached. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z And yet the prime minister displays his most peevish side when the matter is raised, tending to see the whole thing as a partisan attack on his administration. Questions keep coming. We need answers 2011-01-09T00:07:12Z It was fretful and peevish and frightfully shrivelled. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z It was a peevish, cross, whimpering creature, and marvellously ugly. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z Cheerfully, however, had she endeavoured to discharge these accumulated duties, and but for the unhappy, peevish state of mind in which Mrs. Smith indulged, would have discharged them without a murmuring thought. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z "Did you bring me any cakes?" was the mother's first question, peevish at being awakened in her first sleep. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "I thought you were never coming," announced a peevish voice from the black shadow of a large rock. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z A winickey child—one which was weak, frail, and peevish—was of the nature of a changeling. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z "You see you've annexed a few of hers, which naturally makes her peevish." Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z In an agony of apprehension she sought comfort with Adele, whose dry, peevish face perceptibly brightened. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z That evening Radonic came home more sullen and peevish than usual; still, he was sober. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Patrice, who expected to see every riddle solved by the famous adventurer in a twinkling, felt peevish and surprised. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z Oh! guard the marvels I relate Of fell ambition scourg’d by fate, From reason’s peevish blame. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z She was startled when she had made this peevish remark. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z They say I don't look five-and-thirty, and I am conscious, sitting before the glass, that there is nothing sour or peevish in my features. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Vranic had always been cursed with a morbidly discontented disposition, as peevish and as fretful as a porcupine. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Full many a peevish, envious, slanderous elf Is in his works, Benevolence itself For all mankind, unknown his bosom heaves, He only injures those with whom he lives. The True Benjamin Franklin They are peevish at home, and malevolent abroad; and, as the outlaws of human nature, make it their business and their pleasure to disturb that society which debars them from its privileges. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z He cleared his throat and tried again,—then, as the surrounding birds quieted down into a peevish chatter, a window on the first floor showed a faint light. The Princess Galva A Romance And he could understand that Constance occasionally felt peevish. Small Souls The earth was fretful; the sky as peevish as a human being crossed in his designs. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z So, of course, he grew to be selfish and peevish, and by the time he was five years old he was so disagreeable that nobody loved him. In Story-land He overhauled me with his peevish little eyes, and then said two or three of the bitterest things about the British forces, regular and irregular, that it ever was my lot to hear. Witching Hill Art thou a rattle that Monotony, Summer's dull nurse, old sister of slow Time, Shakes for Day's peevish pleasure, who in glee Takes its discordant music for sweet rhyme? A Voice on the Wind and Other Poems Giles, a plump and peevish old rogue in tapster's cap and apron, stands by the door looking out. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors If this were the case, she would have a bad day of it; he was always so fretful and peevish on the day that followed a drinking bout. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z She was hesitating whether to descend or to climb on up, when Winthrope’s peevish whine was cut short by a loud and angry retort from Blake. Into the Primitive His splendid mane now hung in shaggy disorder about his face, which had assumed a peevish expression. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers The Fox being near; the peevish King Ask'd his Opinion of the thing. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables "Can I help the people at the hospital having refused to receive my mother, because she was not raving mad?" asked Madeleine, in a low, peevish, and complaining voice. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 With his bickering and peevish temper, not only his fast friends grew weary of him, but his own family forsook him; his very brother, at last, could not abide his saturnine humour, and left him. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z I am losing my good spirits, my temper, and becoming gloomy, suspicious, peevish, and ill-natured. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 And he won't take his off—you can't get him to; he just gets kinder peevish and goes off on the queerest streak of freak talk you ever heard. The Haunted Pajamas The heavy-lidded eyes open, the waxen face puckers, and there is a peevish wail. Yiddish Tales Enough, that as my heart had remained steadfast and honest, I resolved to try my fate with a very peevish or unhappy man. The Children of the World After two or three days, Vranic was looked upon by all on board as a peevish, sullen fellow, and he was left to his own dreary meditations. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Nor is this rebellion of ours against the mere form of consciousness any merely idle curiosity or peevish seeking for a barren wealth of varieties. The Sources Of Religious Insight She had found Mr. Darcy a decrepit, irritable old invalid, bored nearly to death since his ward's wedding—lonely, peevish, sick. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir Dalroy helped him to carry the child, a three-year-old boy, who was very sleepy and peevish, and did not understand why he should not be at home and in bed. The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 Never be discouraged, Viscount," said he, "never be peevish, sir, in your place I should ha' fared little better. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Well, it is but a peevish and silly boy," said Cornwallis, "who whines when his pie is stolen. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency There may be monkeys up there over your head,—burly red Howler, or tiny peevish Sapajou, peering down at you, but you cannot peer up at them. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 Soon Nurse Panton joined us, her hair in corkscrews, looking very plain, peevish because she had not been called at midnight. A Man in the Open Pray, sir, put off this humour, This peevish pet, and reason tamely. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 And great age is apt to be peevish and slothful and childish and fretful and must be ruled. Our Admirable Betty A Romance Like a man perplexed and peevish with crosses, he soon changed his mind, and ordered a lieutenant of cavalry into his presence. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency So long as Belle's pretty pleading manners secured for her the best of everything she was a charming companion, but she could prove both pettish and peevish when she considered herself neglected. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story The Navajo Indians was peevish, the camp dry, grass scant, herd in a raffish mood, and night come sudden. A Man in the Open Any specially peevish or weakly baby was regarded as a changeling, the word coming at last to be almost synonymous with imbecility. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" She met my eyes for a minute, then turned her head away, with a rather peevish twist of her lips. The Great Miss Driver But the consciousness of being again baffled by a man who had once before obtained the mastery over him, roused his pride into the exhibition of a peevish and vindictive demeanor. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "At last!" said the steersman in a peevish tone. The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess In the dusky light she saw not the peevish, weary features of the worldling, but only the imploring softness of his eyes, the full and perfect honesty of his present emotion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 In this very century a poor cottager, who lived near the spot, had a child who grew uncommonly peevish; the parents attributed this to the fairies and imagined it was a changeling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Furthermore, he had what is known as a narrow dental arch, which gave to his face a peevish expression. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle A keen black eye seemed almost to burn within its orb, and to give an expression of petulant and peevish excitability, like the querulousness of a sick man. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Not one, to soften Censure’s hardy crime; Not one, to palliate peevish Grief’s Complaint, Who, like a demon, murmuring from the dust, 470 Dares into judgment call her Judge.—Supreme! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes These things were not peevishly said, Mrs. Rutherford's well-modulated voice was never peevish; they were said with a sort of majestic coldness by a majestic woman who was, however, above complaints. East Angels We can see a mental change coming over the old man; the reason is yet strong, but the temper is irritable; he grows peevish and broods over his wrongs. Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence For five years he had borne the cross of a peevish, invalid wife, and then he had known the bliss of living with a perfectly sound woman. Clover and Blue Grass To parsimony he added the sting—yes, and the stain—of a peevish and an irritable temper. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction Amidst applauding worlds, And worlds celestial, is there found on earth, A peevish, dissonant, rebellious string, 370 Which jars in the grand chorus, and complains? Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes No repining, no peevish expression ever escaped him during a confinement of two years, in which, I believe, if every moment of ease could be added together, would not amount to two whole months. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 I do hate to see a minister or professing Christian mean and peevish to his wife, and yet be as polite as a dancing-master to other women. Moody's Stories Incidents and Illustrations Are you cross and peevish, and do you make things unpleasant at home? The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons He had a pinched, unwholesome look so early in the day, and was peevish because Jenny's presence kept him from summoning the housekeeper to bring up breakfast. Carnival I never heard a peevish expression fall from his lips.” Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes However, he is laughing as he descends the magnificent staircase,—the reputed work of Michael Angelo,—laughing until the shrill querulous cries of peevish children make him stop and frown. A Day with Lord Byron The car was full of little children, utterly regardless of their parents, fretful, peevish, spoilt beyond anything I have ever seen in Anglo-India. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In her ignorance and youth she had accepted ugliness, sickness, and peevish crying as the normal attributes of babyhood, and because of this she had loathed it. Leerie She felt even now the clashing of the two hostile temperaments: already there were signs of future struggles, and it was not just a fancy that young Frank was always peevish at his father's approach. Carnival It made him peevish, because he hadn't come to be bothered with such matters, and he started to piece out those wicks. Where the Pavement Ends Pranken could not comprehend how this woman, half childish, half cunning, sometimes malicious, sometimes peevish, could be also sometimes so affectionate; but there was no time now to try to solve the riddle. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine “If they come after mine again I’ll get real peevish and take their flash rolls away from them.” Young Wallingford “But I can’t help it, my dear,” said the lady in a peevish whisper, every word of which reached the visitor’s ears. Blind Policy The guests became hungry, peevish, and gloomy, while an excellent dinner continued spoiling before them. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative This appears exceedingly unreasonable, when so much trouble was taken to please him; but the truth is, that every day he became more fretful and peevish. Holiday House A Series of Tales Then it was his father whom he adored with almost religious reverence and who undoubtedly loved him, but who, irritable like himself, and peevish and suspicious, picked unfair quarrels and spread odious calumnies about him. Michelangelo I only did this because I was peevish. Young Wallingford Sir George is never angry, or pettish, or peevish, and though he loves painting so much, it does not harass him. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 But Nancy seemed to concede to him the right to be peevish, for she spoke again even more sweetly than before. Sube Cane His coffee was seldom good; and he found himself growing peevish—at least his present domestic, a worthy widow named McGlathery, had remarked upon it. Anne A rebuke, not very cruel, not in the least angry or peevish, brought me quickly to myself; and as Vaterchen was fortunately in front and saw nothing of what passed, I speedily made my peace. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance All this I said like a peevish child, and no sooner had I ceased speaking than Darius seized me by the shoulder, forcing me to turn until I had a full view of the newcomer. Commodore Barney's Young Spies A Boy's Story of the Burning of the City of Washington "Don't excite him, Morland," interfered Claudia; for when Landry once woke out of his usual stolid calm and began to trouble his poor dull brains with questions, he was apt to get peevish and troublesome. The Head Girl at the Gables Was he to kick it out again in peevish disgust because the stirrup was a bit rusty? The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley I mow by the Neckar, I mow by the Rhine; My sweetheart is peevish, My sweetheart is mine. Black Forest Village Stories The lips never forget to smile; the voice remains always cheerful and sympathetic, never grows peevish and worried, as is too often the case with overworked or disappointed women in this country. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition "Really, my dear," Mrs. Holland remonstrated, jerking the dress straight with a touch of vexation, "I must say that you are getting positively peevish!" Fidelity A Novel If they are jagged and much bitten, you may be sure she is peevish, irritable, quarrelsome, and too ready to show her teeth at the smallest provocation. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) "I say I don't perceive that you can contribute in any way to the object I have in view," said his Lordship, half peevish at being, as he thought, misapprehended. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Then old Bunyan got quite peevish, sent the loggers all to camp; Started hauling in the sections; he’d put Noah on the tramp. Paul Bunyan and His Loggers "My dear little peevish, beautiful, wise Governess, God bless you," the letter ends. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time Before the third day was half over, the Captain was moping around, Charles was peevish, and Betty had started to worry and fret. Sugar Plum I dare say she is so good-tempered that she never contradicts you, and you grow peevish out of sheer weariness at having everything your own way. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Why has he begun to fail in health?—to change from a happy, laughing, healthy child into a peevish, fretful, constantly complaining one? Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories It is ill indeed with the man who is bound to misery by the cords of a woman’s peevish and unreasonable temper. Jan Vedder's Wife I want to be told, very quietly, where I am, and if he does not tell me I become peevish. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 23, 1920 After a while, however, his continued losses began to irritate him, and I could see that his habitual command of temper was yielding to a peevish, captious spirit he had never exhibited previously. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Instead of becoming happier and even more cheerful, his features suddenly went slack and immediately transformed themselves into a cross between sullen and peevish. German Moonlight But he'd rather have her as she was than peevish, so he had never mentioned it. No Charge for Alterations “It is very annoying—very,” was the peevish reply. The Bartlett Mystery I was therefore hungry, and, consequently, in good watching order, for an Englishman is always irritable and peevish when his belly is empty. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment One day they were playing together while their mother was sewing, and both were peevish and fretful. Doctor Bolus and His Patients But he was too much engrossed in conversation with Virginia to heed either the good-natured applause of his friends, or the peevish jealousy of his young rivals. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion And Molly, watching, would grow peevish—not over the flowers; Molly was too sure of her own charm for that. The House of Fulfilment The winter, however, is now making himself amends, and seems the more peevish for having been encroached on at so undue a season. The Bird and Insects' Post Office "Ne'er a peevish boy Would break the bowl from which he drank in joy; And he that with his hand the vessel made Will not in after wrath destroy." From Bondage to Liberty in Religion A Spiritual Autobiography Si's weakness made him peevish and fretful, and Shorty was not a great deal better. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys He braves us!—headsman, ho! his peevish head! Days and Dreams Poems But just at the right moment The captain seized me by the foot, And drew me from the edge of the vessel, And cried with a peevish laugh, "Doctor, are you possessed by the devil?" Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine Matilda had grown older and stooped more, and her knot of sandy hair was less luxuriant than it had once been, but there were no peevish, fretful lines on her face. Stories of the Foot-hills "She said——" But here the old lady opened her eyes, and, seeing her daughter standing at the foot of her bed, turned away with a peevish air, and restlessly pushed her hand under the pillow. Hand and Ring "Why—" says he; and then he stopped, and began gnawing his nether lip in a peevish fashion. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published The Chevalier was quite a different man from that moment, sulky and peevish. The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II It was impossible for me to compose myself to sleep after two such unexpected alarms; for which reason I put on my clothes in a very peevish humour. The Tatler, Volume 3 The old woman's hands knitted fiercely, while her sharp yellow face crumpled into an expression half peevish, half resigned. The Return of the Prodigal He realized that Smith read that fact in his manner and peevish complaining. Cupid's Middleman "Monsieur," Carter commenced in dignified remonstrance, only to be cut short by a peevish King. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Hence with this peevish virtue, 'tis a cheat; And those who taught it first were hypocrites. The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage The lunatic looked at the count, and then began whining, like a peevish child. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 The peevish pedant treated the matter as he would have treated a rebellion at school. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages E. came next, a rich tradesman, Tory in grain, and an everlasting babbler on the strong side of politics; querulous, dictatorial, and with a peevish whine in his voice like a beaten schoolboy. Old and New London Volume I He was suffering from great exhaustion, irritable and peevish. Timar's Two Worlds He fell to thinking of his general lot, his misfortunes, the lack of proper food, the occasional lack of water, until he became sullen and peevish. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Having all his sympathies educated in one way, they die out in every other; and he is apt to remain a peevish, narrow, and intolerant bigot. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers The cry-baby young of the orioles have hardly ceased to complain about the house, making the midsummer peevish, before the birds are flocking. Old Plymouth Trails If fretful or peevish with weariness or ill-health she could soon be pacified by a gentle song from her father as he carried her about in his arms. Camilla: A Tale of a Violin Being the Artist Life of Camilla Urso Her voice grew peevish and uncontrolled, and he bowed slightly and left her. The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon She knew I was peevish and really needed to be alone. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted Still, she was a querulous, peevish woman by this time, poor girl, and her numerous olive-branches had been more than a stronger woman could have managed. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. I mean this: your husband, I am told, has of late become rather peevish and sullen betimes. Talkers With Illustrations Every breath was like the stab of a knife and it was quite natural that the patient would be peevish and garrulous. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The gentle rebuke she administered touched his soul, and he thought how peevish and ill-natured he had been. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks Paco played with the peevish condescension, of a man in advance of his time, making many stupid mistakes, which showed the inattention characteristic of superior beings. The Grandee Resignation sinks into a kind of peevish discontent. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) They put on a damp nightcap and relapse; They thought they must have died, they were so bad; Their peevish hearers almost wish they had.” Talkers With Illustrations In the Morning I grew very peevish, and in the Dumps, notwithstanding all he could say or do to please me. An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews All he did was to utter a peevish cry, as children do when rudely awakened from sleep. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 But when he saw the eyes of the others fixed derisively upon him, he suddenly became cross and peevish. The Grandee My lord the Count had been making a night of it last evening, and that always made him the more peevish in the morning. The Eyes Have It “Still falling out with this and this, And finding something still amiss; More peevish, cross, and splenetic, Than dog distract, or monkey sick.” Talkers With Illustrations Antha was paler and thinner than her brother and her mouth had a peevish droop to it. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars “I’m afraid the patient would be a little peevish.” The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold It had a peevish, infantile sound, like the squeak of a nursery toy. With the French in France and Salonika Consider the temper of the man, to move your pity; a person extremely passionate and peevish, and wholly impatient of contradiction. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors She was quite happy, and Archie seemed to expand in his native soil and was less peevish than he had grown to be latterly. Clark's Field The sulky peevish expression had disappeared from the boy's dark face, and made way for one of real sadness. The Son of His Mother Silly little Mary Wears a peevish look, When she sees the others Laughing at the brook. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 If the negotiation had taken such a turn, then indeed there was still more gratifying evidence of Agellius having broken from his fantastic and peevish superstition. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century This was, perhaps, the last peevish snuff shaken from the dismal link of criticism; for, a few days after, was the redoubted Dennis numbered with the mighty dead. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors For Miss Mauling was peevish and far from happy. In the Heart of a Fool “How can I go and leave you exposed to the chance of another visit from some troop of rebels?” pleaded Colden, in a kind of peevish despair, taking up his hat from the settle. The Continental Dragoon A Love Story of Philipse Manor-House in 1778 Maybe you’d get kind of peevish when a big bum laid in his blankets and wouldn’t even get up for breakfast!” Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp |
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