petulancy
noun
petulancies
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pluralof petulancy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This evil then had not happened! a cursed cross accident for us, too!—Heigh-ho! nothing else, I think, in this mortal life! people need not study to bring crosses upon themselves by their petulancies.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson
Rosabelle! the petulancies of misfortune claim our pity, not resentment.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
The lower animals seem to have certain of our foibles, and antagonisms, and unreasoning petulancies.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by John Burroughs
