On this page you'll find 4 example sentences with Petulantly. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as testily or irritably and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Petulantly meaning
In a petulant manner.
Using Petulantly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a petulant manner.
- Useful related words include: testily, irritably, pettishly.
Context around Petulantly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Petulantly
- In this selection, "petulantly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, complained, undermines, smirks and lashing stand out and add context to how "petulantly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include argument that petulantly undermines what and he complained petulantly to fortnam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "petulantly" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with petulantly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The way he petulantly smirks when behaving in such an incompetent and immoral manner is quite something pic. (18 words)
Boiling feminism down to choice is a tired – and long rejected – argument that petulantly undermines what feminism is about. (19 words)
He complained petulantly to Fortnam in a late, childish display of sibling rivalry, that his father had had another child, his half-sister Joan. (24 words)
Even in the darkest and angriest periods of my life I was disgusted by the thought of petulantly lashing out against people I didn’t even know. (27 words)
He complained petulantly to Fortnam in a late, childish display of sibling rivalry, that his father had had another child, his half-sister Joan. (24 words)
Boiling feminism down to choice is a tired – and long rejected – argument that petulantly undermines what feminism is about. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
Boiling feminism down to choice is a tired – and long rejected – argument that petulantly undermines what feminism is about.
The way he petulantly smirks when behaving in such an incompetent and immoral manner is quite something pic.
Even in the darkest and angriest periods of my life I was disgusted by the thought of petulantly lashing out against people I didn’t even know.
He complained petulantly to Fortnam in a late, childish display of sibling rivalry, that his father had had another child, his half-sister Joan.