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Definition of Petulances
1. petulance [n] - See also: petulance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petulances
Literary usage of Petulances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. It is Never Too Late to Mend: A Matter-of-fact Romance by Charles Reade (1869)
"But George was too deeply distressed for any petulances of anger. "It is my
fault," said he; " 1 was the master, and I let my servant direct me. ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"The strong men usually give some allowance even to the petulances of fashion,
for that affinity they find in it. Napoleon, child of the revolution, ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Sins " to him had meant his childish petulances. He had never heard of any one
forgiving Christ's murderers. Everybody was still very angry with them, ..."
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