| 单词 | pettishness |
| 例句 | She left me a minute ago in a fit of playful pettishness, when lo and behold she returns almost instantly, bringing you in her hand, and saying, 'Line for line, like that.' The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Experience had taught them the efficacy of these measures; they obtained by this species of pettishness the various objects of their desires. The Power Of The Popes 2012-03-27T02:00:20.043Z I laughed at his coldness; convinced, as I now was, that it was only the pettishness of jealousy. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z He bore her pettishness and imperiousness not as a slave, but indulgently as one bears the caprices of a loved child. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z She had admirers and favourites it is true; and, after the fashion of the time, was unseemly enough in her fits of romping and her fits of pettishness. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z “Grey Stuart is very careless about such things,” said Helen, with languid pettishness. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Pr'ythee, no more, Gregory! bear with, my pettishness—for, now and then, the tongue of disappointment will needs let fall some of the acid drops which misery sprinkles the heart withal. The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old; a play in three acts 2011-06-26T02:00:10.547Z Hardy, coming in a moment later, found Tillie divided between penitence and pettishness, and fighting her way to comfort through tears. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z Cornelius saw this was more than childish pettishness: "Daisy!" he exclaimed, with concern, and he put me down at once. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z There was a pretty pout of pettishness on her winsome face, and her eyes did not look altogether pleased. The Boys of the Wireless 2011-01-24T03:00:17.997Z She had begun to lose the childish pettishness of her earlier years. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z She knew that the hard glitter against her soft cheek allured him, and that his pettishness only meant that he didn't wish to be allured. Shadows of Flames A Novel His reproaches were vehement, and there was something of the pettishness of a boy in their indignant tones. Sir Tom Her uncle turned quickly, surprised and a little hurt at the pettishness of her tone. Highacres Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions In her case there had been little more than pettishness in her first attitude towards her cousin—the pettishness of a spoiled child. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z But she spoke with a degree of pettishness. Our Bessie Although she was by nature really obstinate, resolute, and persistent, she often exhibited upon the surface a childish pettishness with which her real self was almost absurdly at variance. A Bachelor's Dream I can see none of the fabled sublimity in a storm; only the pettishness of a spoiled child, or of an angry man bent on breaking things. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Yet this pettishness, which left to itself would have seemed of little account,—hardly worth noticing, when fanned by Belle and Frances took on the aspect of jealousy. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z "He hasn't time to call on anybody," Flossy said, with a mixture of pride, and a sort of comic pettishness. The Chautauqua Girls At Home She was at the door of their snug little Vicarage at three o'clock; the vivacious Titmouse tossing his head and jingling his bit in a burst of pettishness at the aggravating behaviour of the flies. Vixen, Volume I. There was a good deal of the pettishness of nervousness among us at that time, and I had my full share of it. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic This, together with her very human pettishness, complicated the social problem. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Her shyness, exclusiveness, pettishness, and ignorance are delicious in the rosy girl of sixteen. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Now, as he glances up at Marcia, a pettishness, born of the sickness that has been consuming him for the past week, is his all-prevailing expression. Molly Bawn And she had half a mind to say it, as a condemnation for his so unkindly judging her; but the girlish pettishness and recklessness went away, and a better spirit came. Agatha's Husband A Novel "I only want to see Matty provided for, papa," I answered, a little ashamed of my former pettishness. Uncle Rutherford's Nieces A Story for Girls "And he's abominably rude," she went on, with a sudden return of pettishness. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Captain Jekyl threw away the remnant of his cigar, with a little movement of pettishness, and began to whistle an opera air. St. Ronan's Well Once I remember when I was touchy because you called Professor Edwin Green an oldish person, but my pettishness only lasted "like a cloud's flying shadow," and that ought not to count. Molly Brown's Orchard Home These might charitably be explained as mere momentary ebullitions of pettishness or spleen, and pardonable as merely faults of temper in a criticism which was in the main conscientious and fair. A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel There was a very unusual element of impatient pettishness in her reply. Sword and Gown A Novel I observed, that in proportion as our strength decayed, our minds exhibited symptoms of weakness, evinced by a kind of unreasonable pettishness with each other. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 An hour in the open banished her pettishness, and she drove rapidly along the narrow, twisting, unfamiliar road, finding a wild pleasure in her reckless speed. Sunny Slopes With the unreasonable pettishness of a wife ever indulged, she reproached her husband. Notable Women of Olden Time They are gentle and affectionate in captivity—full of tricks and pettishness, like spoiled children, and yet not devoid of a certain conscience, as an anecdote, told by Mr. Bennett will show. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. At this I broke out in all a sick man's pettishness. 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 Bessie resented this for a little while, but by and by she ceased to be affected, and treated it as the pettishness of a sick old man, never used to be considerate for others. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax He had seen her in moods that varied from feminine pettishness to the teasingly mischievous. Burned Bridges The attendants looked round and smiled;—Lawrence frowned and turned away, with a boy's pettishness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 She turned her back on him, then suddenly smarted at her own pettishness. Joanna Godden He had sprung up to help her just too late, but she had indignantly refused any assistance with a half pettishness that was not a common mood with her. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches The compulsion was exasperating, and the great man scrawled with all the pettishness of a child. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest My children," said he, "your divorce must not take place in pettishness or anger, lest people should surmise something guilty or disgraceful as the motive for the action. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala I observed that in proportion as our strength decayed our minds exhibited symptoms of weakness, evinced by a kind of unreasonable pettishness with each other. The Journey to the Polar Sea "My train is caught," she said in a tone of sudden pettishness; she stooped to lift it with her hand that was free. The Fortieth Door Something new in Ascott's tone—speaking more of the resentful fierceness of the man than the pettishness of the boy—frightened his little aunt, and silenced her. Mistress and Maid She accepted his directions with a curious pettishness, as though they annoyed her; and presently complained loudly that the chair was uncomfortable, and the pose irksome. A Great Success The walk home at midnight, amid the reverberations of the falling tempest, was marked by a slight pettishness on the part of Ruth, and by Denry's polite taciturnity. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns It was pettishness and not timidity that ailed Jean Lovelace, for a pioneer woman like herself had of course no fear of horse-flesh. A Texas Matchmaker "Of course!" confirmed Mr. Prohack, with an imitation of pettishness, as though he had been steadily advocating a change of scene for days past; but he had done nothing of the kind. Mr. Prohack The entertainment was probably ingenious and splendid enough, but every one took his cue from the king's pettishness, and poor "Mr. Jones" had to bear his share of the ill-humour. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe "How far did you mean me to come, then?" say I, half ashamed of my humors, but still with an after-thought of pettishness in my voice. Nancy He went to her, wondering as much at her audacity as her pettishness. The Castle Inn This pettishness amused me so much that I pretended to be a little sore myself. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories "Yes, that he does!" said the young girl, frankly; "and I beg his pardon for my pettishness." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 My conscience accuses me, and hardly too, of many instances of pettishness and ill-humor towards you, which make me almost hate myself that I could offend a temper like yours. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. Towards Phoebe, as we have said, she was affectionate,—far tenderer than ever before, in their brief acquaintance, except for that one kiss on the preceding night,—yet with a continually recurring pettishness and irritability. House of the Seven Gables "I'm getting sick of hearing about him from you," cried Hull with the pettishness of the spoiled children of the upper class. The Conflict Oftentimes when a considerable alleviation of this unhappiness could have been obtained at the expense of a nickel or a dime, Trina refused the money with a pettishness that was exasperating. McTeague In the pettishness of my disappointment, I decided that it was in vain to attempt to improve and civilize such people as the Irish. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 He ignored Hyacinth's resentment, endured her pettishness, and was studiously polite to her. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger Nothing could be more amusing than the boyish pettishness with which, in speaking of the rareness of best company, he said, "We often found ourselves left to the society of cats and fools." Authors and Friends The expression of his moods has the old touch of irritability, too, in its excess of language, its air of confiding something that one would not say aloud, its half-conscious pettishness. Nathaniel Hawthorne The sense that she was observed, or, more properly speaking, that she was watched by my looks, seemed to give Diana a mixture of embarrassment, pain, and pettishness. Rob Roy — Volume 01 On such occasions, Oldbuck, considering that the Baronet's pettishness resembled that of a child, usually showed his superior sense by compassionately making the first advances to reconciliation. The Antiquary — Volume 01 Discoursing with him latterly on this subject, he expressed himself with a pettishness, which I thought unworthy of him. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Be the object perverse enough, it asserted itself, in his facile character, with the pettishness to be found in a spoilt child. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 There was no pettishness in her voice—only a certain dignity which sits better on little women than on little men, and provokes no smile. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker They then separated; Mrs Harrel half angry at remonstrances she thought only censorious, and Cecilia offended at her pettishness and folly, though grieved at her blindness. Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 "There is not another girl left in the city to be mentioned the same day with Edith Allen," said Gus, with the pettishness of a child from whom something had been taken. What Can She Do? "We might have the wedding in the new barn," said Nanny, with gentle pettishness. Short Stories for English Courses Katy took no notice of the tone; and before long Lilly recovered from her pettishness, and began to talk about the school. What Katy Did at School For a little half-playful pettishness was she to be visited with a punishment like this? After the Storm Then she said, with tearful pettishness,— 'A man's promise is to override a woman's wish then, is it?' Wives and Daughters She replied in the affirmative, but with some little pettishness. The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance Mentally she put her sister's pettishness down to the noise and heat of the theatre, and it was an additional reason for bearing Wagner and his music a grudge. Maurice Guest You know quite well, Ariadne, that I have not an ounce of pettishness in my disposition. Heartbreak House "But I will not!" cried Elizabeth, stamping on the floor with all the pettishness of a child. Henry VIII and His Court Her repartees to her mother were less frequent than they had been, but there was often the unusual phenomenon of pettishness in her behaviour to Mrs. Gibson. Wives and Daughters The shamed blood rushed to Rand's face; and saying half aloud, "I'm not going to take your precious babe away from you," he turned in half-boyish pettishness away. The Twins of Table Mountain She got up and pulled her shawl viciously over her shoulders, with a pretty pettishness, perhaps the most feminine thing she had done that evening. The Story of a Mine There are marks of pettishness, but not of passion. Gala-days I remember that he spoke of his engine as "she," and related certain circumstances regarding her inconsistency, her aberrations, her pettishnesses, that seemed to justify the feminine gender. Drift from Two Shores Her argument with Guy now seemed only pettishness. The Path of the King But these paroxysms seldom occurred, and in them my big-hearted shipmate vented the bile which more calm-tempered individuals get rid of by a continual pettishness at trivial annoyances. Typee I know not; but so it was, that he stamped on the floor with pettishness, and then checking himself, burst into a violent flood of tears. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Oh, father," returned Aileen, with considerable histrionic ability in her assumption of pettishness, "how can you talk like this when you know I'm not guilty? The Financier, a novel For me, her pettishness is one of her charms, I confess it. The Egoist Bid him therefore consider of his ransom; which must proportion the losses we have borne, the subjects we have lost, the disgrace we have digested; which in weight to re-answer, his pettishness would bow under. King Henry V “Surely not! why, she is too old for such pettishness.” Jane Eyre The queen—cannot you make allowances for the pettishness of a queen and a princess? Twenty Years After Hence her flight from her own family, if it ever came, would be laid more to the door of a temperamental pettishness than anything else. The Financier, a novel The serang told him that if the men did once go on strike, nothing would induce them to resume work, they would simply sulk, he said; and die out of sheer disappointment and pettishness. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont |
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