All 5 Uses

petulant
in
The Good Earth
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At night when she would have no more of him, pushing him out of the door petulantly, with her small hands suddenly strong on his shoulders, his silver thrust into her bosom, he went away hungry as he came.†
Chpt 19

petulantly = with unreasonable anger or upset
Then at sunset she sent him away with her pretty petulance, and Cuckoo bathed and perfumed her again and put on her fresh clothes, soft white silk against her flesh and peach-colored silk outside, the silken garments that Wang Lung had given, and upon her feet Cuckoo put small embroidered shoes, and then the girl walked into the court and examined the little pool with its five gold fish, and Wang Lung stood and stared at the wonder of what he had.†
Chpt 20

petulance = unreasonable annoyance or upset OR tendency to be unreasonably annoyed or upset
And this too made a disturbance in Wang Lung's house, for he was ashamed to rebuke his father, and yet he feared the anger of Lotus, since he had found she had a pretty petulant temper that she loosed easily.†
Chpt 21
He grew moody and petulant and would not eat this and that and he wearied of his books, and Wang Lung was frightened and did not know what to make of it and talked of a doctor.†
Chpt 22 *
But when he went in that night to lie beside Lotus and when he turned upon the bed she complained and was petulant and she pushed him away saying, "It is hot and you stink and I wish you would wash yourself before you come to lie beside me."†
Chpt 24

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