| 单词 | pettish |
| 例句 | The same temptation is evident when Alter defends God’s words after he has allowed all of Job’s children to be murdered as part of what amounts to a pettish bet with the Adversary, Satan. How to Read the Good Books 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z On an international stage, Pence made America look small with his pettish behavior. Kim Jong-un’s Sister Turns on the Charm, Taking Pence’s Spotlight 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z He found her unreasonable, exacting, pettish if thwarted, absolutely unsympathetic, and with a mind incapable of comprehending his. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Then she dashed her hand across her eyes--though I saw no tears in them--and with a pettish exclamation turned away. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z My father, as anybody may naturally imagine, came down with my mother into the country, in but a pettish kind of a humour. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z And she sat down on the window seat, and turned quickly with a pettish movement, so that he could only see the side of her face. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z The Countess was changed; was pettish as he had never seen her before; absent and thoughtful, traits equally new; restless--and placid dignity had been one of her chief characteristics. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z "She does not care for me, you see," he said, in a sweet, half pettish manner, as we left the pavilion. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Agla�, therefore, on the advent of the conciliatory marquise, made a pettish movement of studied impertinence, and yawned slowly in her face like a dyspeptic hippopotamus. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z This was due chiefly to Nikolai, who boasted among his friends that he had ousted the pettish young lady, and took the opportunity to give a lively description of her character. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z "Mademoiselle again," she said in a pettish way. The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories 2012-01-10T03:00:17.100Z With a heightened colour he cleared his voice, and his answer, when it came, was dry and pettish. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Indeed, I do," was the pettish reply, "and a very disagreeable inmate he was. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z It directly ignored parliamentary government, and amounted to nothing but a pettish threat of revolution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z In fact, they behaved more like a set of pettish children than like men, whose lives were at stake. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z With a pettish movement she pulled down her veil yet further over her face. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z A long-drawn pettish bleating that sometimes sounded absurdly like the “Ma—ma!” of a spoilt child. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z I would lay any wager that some thing has gone wrong with her dressing, to-night, and so made her pettish. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z No 'taint," she said, in her old pettish way, and then she murmured in a low and humbled tone: "Ah! Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z If I were you, Daisy, I would not cry in that pettish way, but I would give up a foolish feeling, and try and mend. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z If this occur, have patience, and do not become pettish or ill-humored. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z "One is not always justified in telling the truth," Gabrielle observed with the pettish frankness in which even the best-bred young ladies will indulge, when irritated by the accelerated beating of their hearts. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z It will undoubtedly help you, my dear child, very considerably, and render your trial very much easier, but I can not promise you that it will entirely prevent the inclination to feel pettish and unhappy. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z A wiser father would never have thus indulged a pettish daughter, and never have humbled himself as, to please his little Mary, Richard Jones now did. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z I saw him once more engrossed with her, and, whatever I felt, I betrayed no sign of pettish jealousy. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z Each guest must be introduced to a proper partner for every dance, and not one frown, one pettish word, one look of fatigue, one sigh of utter weariness must disturb your smiling serenity. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z For Brenda seldom forgot her good manners where older people were concerned, even though she was sometimes inclined to be pettish toward her younger friends. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Some people might have called Charley Vining a spoiled child, who had had everything he wished for from his earliest days, and now, at the first disappointment in life, was turning pettish and angry. By Birth a Lady This fretful, pettish child heard her sentence with some wonder, but apparently without sorrow. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z Yes, horribly,” he cried, in a pettish way. The Parson O' Dumford "Do not ask me that again," she replied, seeming both disappointed and pettish. The Gay Adventure A Romance My aunt gave this last a few pettish, impatient moments of thought. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew 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 young girl was kinder and more attentive to her old friend than might have been expected from her pettish, indulged nature. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z The pettish wind flung handfuls of grit into their eyes and nostrils. Shadows of Flames A Novel Wilful and pettish, at times obstinate, deficient in intelligence as well as temper, and above all, dissimulada, a dissembler. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 You don't mean to say," cried he, in the same pettish tone, "that you don't care what there may be in that letter? One Of Them A faint colour suffused her cheeks; she withdrew her hand with a little pettish gesture. The Intriguers 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 Oh, how my heart thrilled at this pettish speech! A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The answer was staccato, and not a little pettish. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland And with this determination—rather like the resolve of a pettish child than of a grown man—he sauntered into the mill, where the miller was now busily engaged. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier As he happened to be of a melancholy temperament, and withal pettish and suspicious, D�rtje's conduct could not fail of giving rise to many little jealousies. Specimens of German Romance; Vol. II. Master Flea Selected and Translated from Various Authors No, he did not want any wine; he was pettish when it was remarked that his glass was empty. Leonore Stubbs "I wouldn't, if I was you," answered Mrs. French, shortly, and turned from him with a pettish movement to open the oven door. Strangers and Wayfarers "And let myself be conquered by a pettish chestnut, at my age," says Sir Christopher, lightly—he had been a famous horseman in his day. Portia or By Passions Rocked "Just as though I cared whether he is going to feel at home or not!" says Purdy, real pettish. Side-stepping with Shorty Susan dropped her knitting, and making some pettish answer, escaped out of the room. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Leo whose first greeting had been simple and natural, assumed a pettish, artificial air. Leonore Stubbs The heart of poor Lettice sunk within her in a way she was little accustomed to, as the general, in a very pettish mood, stirred the fire, and said. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. A moment after the President came down, shook hands with me, and, in his quick and rather pettish manner, said “send me the order.” A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The pretty face looked pettish, and the black eyes snapped as she vigorously shook her curly head. Two Little Women Thorpe wasn't pettish, but he was discouraged and unstrung. The Come Back The Duchess was disappointed, and inclined to be pettish. The Moving Finger With the coming of the child the family was constituted, and another interest was given to Adelle, which compensated for Archie's pettish moods. Clark's Field Gertie was seldom pettish, but Katy’s seventeenth repetition of what Grant Stowe’s cousin said to her while they were fishing left her cold. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John These bursts of anguish were not the sudden gusts of a pettish woman’s passion, but the settled sorrow of one who suffered without hope. The Bondboy It was not a pettish humor, but a deep, grave feeling of hatred, as if the germ of it had grown in the blood and spread to every tissue of his body. Claim Number One I could do nothing to please him, and began to think that he was only pettish because he found it was his turn to go out of the world first. The Fortunate Mistress (Parts 1 and 2) or a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Beleau Known by the Name of the Lady Roxana Hazlitt is often spasmodic, and his intrusive egotism is pettish and undignified. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) She jerked her hand away with a pettish gesture. Kildares of Storm I answered him pleasantly; he was so elegant and thorough-bred that one was insensibly forced to restrain even pettish thoughts in his presence. Mabel's Mistake Or what vigour in youth, if it be harassed with a pettish, dogged, waspish, ill humour? In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts “I can walk by myself,” was the pettish reply. The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam They were not in the humour to do much good there: they began with talking nonsense, and finished off with getting pettish with each other. The Fairchild Family Or as one feasts a creature rarely Captured here, unreconciled To capture; and completely gives Its pettish humors license, barely Requiring that it lives. Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning He was clearly ashamed of his rôle, however; for as he spoke he shook off the Colonel's hold with a pettish gesture, struck his horse with his stick, and cantered away over the hill. The Wild Geese Dutifully she crept over to the hospital to see Ilga, but found her in a pettish mood, and she returned home more disturbed than before. Polly of Lady Gay Cottage He was pettish and cross toward her, and made it a great condescension to do any thing that she proposed; and yet, to thwart her in any one thing made him uneasy and miserable. The Elm Tree Tales A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Accidents of this sort have sometimes happened from cricket-balls; but this, instead of accidental, would have been the consequence of pettish ill-humour. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Ephraim was always gentle, even when I was pettish and cross. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 I should judge from the sort of clothes I have now," said Florence, giving her foot a pettish kick against the obnoxious blue serge, "I should judge they did not cost five pounds a year. A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School She was not a pettish person, only just now something in her sister's words had the effect of irritation. Nobody Instead of making her mother and sisters happy with her pretty playful ways, and making herself useful and pleasant at home, she grew pettish. Dick and His Cat and Other Tales Sometimes he would not have minded this, but the day was very hot, George had risen early, began to be tired, and, as the truth must be told on these occasions, rather cross and pettish. Forgotten Tales of Long Ago Leslie had on new black, too, "just what I could grab down there," she explained—and was pettish and weary with fatigue and the nervous shock. The Beloved Woman Polly laughed, and did the same, feeling sorry she had been so pettish. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. "Can you tell me who the thief is?" says he more pettish than ever. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Detective Stories “I am afraid, my dear,” answered the Admiral, who appeared relieved now the story was at an end, “you would have found him very pettish.” A Sailor of King George Mr. Haydon affected not to see the pettish act, but turned to his companion. That Girl Montana "Never mind our driving; we have had a fine time," Isabel retorted, with pettish tartness. From the Car Behind Rendered pettish, possibly irritable, by the display of an ignorance so dense and incomprehensible, I waved him aside without deigning to answer. Fibble, D.D. The spiteful, pettish face was for the moment ennobled by the reflected glory of another’s goodness and love. The Wind Before the Dawn I can’t put in the pettish shoulder wiggle that goes with it, or make my voice behave like his did. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe "Do you think," said she, with a pettish air, "that a good husband would leave that door wide open and not know that his wife was freezing with cold?" Laboulaye's Fairy Book Whenever I said a word to him about this, he grew very pettish, and told me, I was an ungrateful fellow, not to acknowledge his manifold services. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck The pettish look had passed from her face; so also had the world-wise expression. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives She managed to do so on this occasion, for Giles heard a rather pettish voice at his elbow, and looked down to behold a flushed face. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story Honest, she seemed put out and pettish because I’d called her up. Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe My dear," said Pazza, with a pettish manner, "you may put on your Bluebeard airs, but you will not frighten me, I assure you. Laboulaye's Fairy Book Molly, with a pettish "battledore and shuttlecock indeed!" had taken her sister by the arm and left the room. The Light of Scarthey Mrs. Allen was not pettish, and she spoke half laughingly, but she was wearied with her long wait for the Mauretania, in which she expected her daughter, Nan, and, incidentally, Mr. Fairfield and Patty. Patty's Success He wanted to ask his pettish sister a question, but evidently did not know how to go about it. Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands As Tom was not aware of Paul’s sudden appearance and hasty departure, he still pondered what was best to say to Polly, in her unusual pettish mood. Polly's Business Venture She was such a very baby, with her ready blushes and her pettish, lovely face. Vagabondia 1884 I was surprised on the way by receiving a pettish push from Leonora's foot. He He laughed, too, when the young man told him to "come out," for there was something in the pettish tone of his voice which Horace considered very amusing. Captain Horace But it was dawn, sure enough, and soon it revealed the pettish, wallowing Channel and the fragile outline of our boat, even tinier than I had conceived. Greener Than You Think But no; a few days later Nancy was quite pettish about the preparation Miss Marlowe had set them. Judy of York Hill Now, Margaret, do not be pettish, and deny yourself what you know you like best. Deerbrook “But you know I go to sleep when I am rocking,” said Tessa, in pettish remonstrance. Romola The doctor turned away to his desk with the pettish gesture of a woman whose inner thoughts are not divined. The Squirrel-Cage Just another example of pettish bureaucracy, the officiousness of the jack-in-office. Greener Than You Think Frank thrust out one hand and gave the animal a pettish push. Old Mr. Wiley At times, Hester’s manner was so unboundedly affectionate, that it was impossible to suppose that unkind feelings existed towards herself; though a few pettish words were at other times let drop. Deerbrook He was a bit pettish when he snapped his check book shut. Joan of Arc of the North Woods There have been some things in the deportment of the President of late that have suggested to thoughtful men rather the pettish foible of wilfulness than the strength of well-trained and conscientious will. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays I could not resist a somewhat pettish complaint. In the Border Country The voice was pettish, but the listener was not slow to catch a tremor of discomfort under its attempted loftiness. The Genius “Didn’t I tell you my father wanted me,” I replied in a pettish way. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore She drew her hand away from her father’s grasp, and turned her shoulder on him with a pettish gesture which was strangely unlike her usual sweet demeanour. Sisters Three Her face clouded over, and though she made a valiant effort to preserve her composure, it was in vain, and she was glad to find an outlet for her irritation in pettish complainings. More About Peggy Her problem was serious; she could not afford the Imp's pettish treatment of the world and the people in it. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House His deep, soft voice persuaded her against her will that she was pettish and crude to rebel at the unwholesome atmosphere inside. Patty Blossom Course, I don't figure out no awful slump in Corrugated stocks if I should get pettish some day and tell 'em they'd got to find a new office boy. Torchy Peeping through an aperture he saw the lady walking impatiently up and down the room, tapping at the window, mending the fire, and expressing her haste in many other pettish manners so truly feminine. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Still holding it, Tristram leant back and stared; and as he stared a pettish anger took him. The Blue Pavilions The mother is pettish, childish, indulgent, impatient, and as unskilled in government as unfit for motherhood. Plain Facts for Old and Young "Oh, that's what you like, Cousin Elizabeth; but mamma doesn't work samplers," said the boy, with a dash of pettish contempt in his tone. The Rector of St. Mark's Then he bid me come again and he would tell me many things; but when I came he was angry and pettish; for my former words had displeased him. A Book of Quaker Saints If they are given a few years at it, they'll learn that they can't afford to be hasty and pettish in public positions, as they could in their own little narrow spheres at home. The Fifth Wheel A Novel She was a little pettish about it, poor woman! The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers She did not like hospitals and was homesick and pettish. The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People She felt relieved when she saw it was Maynard, but, the next moment, felt a little pettish that he should have come to interrupt and frighten her. Scenes of Clerical Life The action was that of a pettish child. The Black Douglas He turned upon me like a pettish child. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady "Not at all," says he, a bit pettish. Wilt Thou Torchy Rhoda was in one of her slightly pettish moods this evening. The Lee Shore She could only trust this was but a pettish effusion from their prolonged absence, and determined to guard against such causes of offence for the future. Bluebell A Novel Charlotte took a pettish pleasure in refusing what she felt she was unwelcome to. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Well, as you choose to get pettish over it, I will be amiable, and tell you what we do. Uncle Max O leader of hosts, canst thou be mummer, languishing poet, pettish woman and spoiled princeling all in one? The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem I have seen a stout, strong man who had amassed enormous wealth fly into pettish rage like a spoiled child when a friend spoke to him about the final disposal of his riches. Side Lights She made his whole life a penance; she betrayed the frivolous folly of her nature ten times a day; she betrayed her pettish temper, her want of self-control, dyeing Lionel's face of a blood-red. Verner's Pride Shortly the door opened with a pettish tug, as though the person behind was rather annoyed by the noise, and a very tall, well-built, slim young man made his appearance on the threshold. Red Money "I'll go when I get ready, and not a minute sooner," was the rejoinder in a pettish tone. Elsie's children They let me talk on, but were reserved and silent themselves, and seemed embarrassed, and Mrs. Rusk sometimes pettish and angry, when I pressed for information. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Gladly I discipline My pride by taking back those pettish doubts Cast on the soundness of the central thought In Mr. Hardy's drama. A Christmas Garland But you are so hard to please and so pettish, I am seven times tired of yourself and your ways. Three Wonder Plays The speech gained enormously by the contrast of its composure—its fine temper, its calm and broad judgment—from the somewhat pettish, personal, and passionate utterances of Mr. Chamberlain. Sketches in the House (1893) For answer, the stranger only kicked out with his foot, as a pettish child might, and almost thrust him from his hold. I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales But having kissed her, he said he could not remain, and unfastened her arms from his neck with a somewhat pettish air. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Alternately spoiled and crossed, he learned to be exacting, unreasonable, absurd in his pettish resentments or brooding sullenness. Bacon Suzee, annoyed at my admiration of something she could not appreciate, was mostly sulky and pettish through the day, regaining her good temper at night when we retired into our section. Five Nights They looked askance at Phebe's grumblings, her fluctuating enthusiasm, her hours of girlish frivolity and of pettish complaint. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book So the pettish voice rambled on, the others tenderly and sadly listening, till presently Lord Findon shook his gaunt shoulders. Fenwick's Career "Well, Barbara will not be in Paris," says the young man, still in the same discontented, pettish voice. Nancy The possibility of finding a man angry or pettish is unpleasant to me. Father Payne And she was not conversational, and wandered about, and if possible would have been a little pettish. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio It was ten o'clock when the three returned from Tivoli and the Colosseum—Mary Gowd silent and shabbier than ever from the dust of the road; Blue Cape smiling; Tweetie frankly pettish. Cheerful—By Request It was a silly, pettish thing to do. The Bent Twig She threw it down upon the table with a pettish gesture that was wholly feminine. Good Indian "No; how should I hear anything?" was the answer, in a pettish tone. Adam Bede It was a soft and not altogether masculine organ, and was pitched on this occasion in a somewhat plaintive and pettish key. Roderick Hudson It is too wicked of you to be so pettish! Jude the Obscure "Do you know what's in that trunk?" he said in a pettish, indignant voice. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories They shifted their positions with pettish frequency, and threw away cigarettes only half smoked, and scowled at dancing leaf-shadows on the ground. Good Indian "Ye may take it all, for what I care," said Bess the maiden, with a pettish movement, beginning to wipe away her tears and recover herself. Adam Bede When her small brothers interrupted her, she repelled them with a pettish word or gesture; the English governess addressed her, and got no answer beyond a haughty look; even her mother was scarcely better treated. Delia Blanchflower He listened for a few moments to what his invisible subordinate had to say, and then again he spoke down the funnel, and with a certain pettish impatience. The End of Her Honeymoon I don't want him," was her pettish reply; "but if she has your chin, I'll put her out to nurse. Sir George Tressady — Volume II He was a pettish and spiteful lad, and between him and Hester existed perpetual feud. The Case of Richard Meynell "I did set out before eight, aunt," said Hetty, in a pettish tone, with a slight toss of her head. Adam Bede Nor was he sparing in pettish reproof to the self-sufficient young lady, who thought proper to dispute the propriety and wisdom of his projects. Anna St. Ives "Well, say no more about it, Sir Condy," said my lady, pettish like—"I was a child then, you know." Tales and Novels — Volume 04 She soothed the lovelorn and pettish damsel with every expression that could gratify pride and rouse high thoughts of revenge. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Judith, with a pettish movement, returned to her kitchen; and at that moment Hamish came downstairs. The Channings Adam was looking at Hetty, and saw the frown, and pout, and the dark eyes seeming to grow larger with pettish half-gathered tears. Adam Bede Sir Arthur did not approve the doctrine, and was pettish. Anna St. Ives As to gloves and a stick, he was again rather pettish and had to be set right with some firmness. Ruggles of Red Gap Nor was there in this her conclusion anything of chagrin, or pettish self-humiliation. Weighed and Wanting I have known a good-natured man to live with a pettish, ill-natured, jealous, fault-finding wife through all the years of my acquaintance with him, he meantime growing no worse, and she growing no better. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays Then Anna appeared, and joined her supplications to theirs, till at last the lady, like a pettish child chasing a brood of tiresome chickens, shooed them all from the room, 'twixt laughter and tears. Three Weeks The lady frowned and looked toward the Judge with a pettish movement of the head. The Old Homestead Analogous to tiny is pettish, which is derived from pet, "mama's pet," "a spoiled child." The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day "Oh, pray, mamma, leave me to myself," said Gwendolen, with a pettish distress in her voice. Daniel Deronda "O la!" cried she, waving the fork at me with a pettish gesture. Peregrine's Progress Sir Arthur had now got involved in darkness, of which the sedative effect is well known to nurses and governesses who have to deal with pettish children. The Antiquary — Volume 01 Forgive my pettish speech of a moment since; you were right to reprove me. An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott Amy had turned desperately pale, and in a pettish, trembling tone, she said: "Yes, I will tell your mother." A Desperate Chance The Wizard Tramp's Revelation, a Thrilling Narrative "Mamma, dear, please don't be miserable," said Gwendolen, with pettish remonstrance. Daniel Deronda She was as good as she could be to me, and had patience with all my little pettish ways, and tried to make me friendly with Russell; but I wouldn't. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 "But how, in the name of all that is wonderful, came you to discover the danger of the pettish Baronet and his far more deserving daughter?" The Antiquary — Volume 01 Cross, fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, irritable, irascible, angry. The Century Vocabulary Builder He turned away from me with a pettish exclamation,—"As if you didn't know better than that!" The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. She answered only with tears; unless, when at times driven into pettish sulkiness by the persecution of the interrogators, she made them abrupt and disrespectful answers. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 "I wish you could leave those things, Esther," she said, at last, not pettishly—Carrie was never pettish—but a little too plaintively. Esther : a book for girls At her outbreak, all they could do was to gaze at her with impartial eyes, which suggested question, and Feather shrugged pettish shoulders. The Head of the House of Coombe He failed in this point, however; for Roland, bred a page from childhood, knew how to assume a sullen pettish cast of countenance, well enough calculated to hide all internal emotions. The Abbot His very cry, too, sounds immature, pettish, and unfinished, as if from a throat not capable of a full note. The Life of the Fields "Is that you, Hester Wright?" she said, speaking in an almost pettish voice. A Girl of the People Adults individually often become pettish, or peevish, and threaten to prod their keepers without cause, but I have never known a keeper to take those lapses seriously. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations They were sitting on opposite sides of the fire, one very gloomy, and the other very pettish, when the waggonette stopped at the gate, to put out Miss Hacket and take up Dolores. The Two Sides of the Shield Many protests have been felt, when not expressed, against the tendency of singers to make Mignon a mere wilful, pettish, silly young woman. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Towards him, these were of course only petulant and whimsical indications of pettish anger. Peveril of the Peak Her eyes were full of tears, and she struggled to choke back some pettish rebellious words. The Young Step-Mother The patient is irritable, and fractious, peevish, and pettish. The Recreations of a Country Parson As she was descending the dark kitchen steps she heard Amy's voice in pettish exclamation: "Oh, get out, YOU!" followed by a yelp from Fossette. The Old Wives' Tale He delights, moreover, in reversing the edge of a person's disposition, making good-natured people pettish or morose, while he sometimes improves those of naturally evil temper. The Auction Block His tone was pettish and he stooped down and began to toss splinters and broken boards upon the woodpile. The Landloper He must not be pettish, she remarks, holding him by the hand like a sister whose heart glows with hope for a brother's welfare. Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter He grew more pettish and dissatisfied, and frequently acted towards her with great unkindness. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life I'm foolish, I will own, to mind her little, pettish, fretful humours. The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won If we give even friendly and judicious counsels in a harsh and pettish tone, we excite against them the repugnance naturally felt to our manner. Friends and Neighbors Her demeanor till then had been marked by tolerance, a bit pettish. The Landloper A warrior pulled off his horse, to sit in a chair and contemplate the minute evolutions of the sex is pettish with his part in such battle-fields at the stage beyond amusement. Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete A warrior pulled off his horse, to sit in a chair and contemplate the minute evolutions of the sex is pettish with his part in such battle- fields at the stage beyond amusement. Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 5 Happily, this wayward and pettish, I will not call it disloyal spirit, has passed away, and most of the "Annexationists" are now heartily ashamed of their conduct. Roughing It in the Bush Believe it, those ancient and sorrowful philosophers had no manhood in them—their blood was water—and their slanders against women were but the pettish utterances of their own deserved disappointments. Vendetta: a story of one forgotten His insistence caused her to display more of her pettish resentment. The Landloper ‘You must help it, Mother,’ said Alfred, in his most pettish tones. Friarswood Post Office Little boy Love grew pettish one day; 'If you keep on complaining,' he swore, 'I'll pack both my bow and my quiver away, And so I shall plague you no more.' Songs of Action Cynthia's next words,—and they did not come very soon,—were on quite a different subject, and spoken in rather a pettish tone. Wives and Daughters Or as one feasts a creature rarely Captured here, unreconciled To capture; and completely gives Its pettish humours license, barely Requiring that it lives. Dramatic Romances Haughty, constrained, feverish, pettish, grateful, appealing, everything at once, and never twice the same, I learned to dread, even while I coveted, an interview. The Leavenworth Case For she attributed his present mood of pettish aversion wholly to the fact of his being run down in health. Australia Felix Yet, like all human beings, he had his odd, almost child-like moods, inexplicable even to himself—moods illogical, almost pettish, and wholly incongruous with his own accepted principles of reasoning. The Secret Power Other people grew attentive, and Dove went into a seventh heaven, which made it hard for him placidly to accept the fit of pettish silence, she subsequently fell into. Maurice Guest Groby prodded him into complete wakefulness, and then the pettish self-satisfied pianist fairly lost his temper and slapped his domineering visitant on the hand. The Chronicles of Clovis A conspiracy to make me out to be pettish and jealous and childish and everything I am not. Heartbreak House The pettish way in which she slapped down the plates, hustled the cups, and cut the big brown loaf, as she related her girlish trials and ambitions, was capital. Jo's Boys Considering that it was she who had started the whole thing, and got Tish's subconscious mind to working, Aggie was rather pettish. Tish No, but you have been, and I am very pettish, sometimes. For the Term of His Natural Life Consider the pettish, they are angry with their best and dearest friends. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies "And if you were to divorce me, YOU would be taken back too," she added quickly, suddenly withdrawing herself with a pettish movement and walking to the window. A First Family of Tasajara Lucy rubbed her fingers into her eyes, and answered sharply, in a pettish tone, that she was doing no harm. The Pigeon Pie The pettish inquiring tone was exactly what delighted him. The Heir of Redclyffe And he left the house in sorrow, and just, but not pettish, indignation. A Simpleton The little chin was firm, but the mouth was pettish. The Path of the King "Well, then, it won't do for you to come and be pettish here because you have seen a man in my box." Camille That France should see her Nobles resist the Irresistible, Inevitable, with the face of angry men, was unhappy, not unexpected: but with the face and sense of pettish children? The French Revolution Mr. Edmonstone was fidgety and ill at ease, found fault with the dinner, and was pettish with his wife. The Heir of Redclyffe My father, as any body may naturally imagine, came down with my mother into the country, in but a pettish kind of a humour. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
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