Emphasising the feel good factor in Julian's petulant possessiveness is surely misguided.

Yvonne felt petulant toward these people she had liked only minutes before.

Lem knew he sounded petulant, but he also knew he was right.

Corona was silent; it was her only weapon when he became petulant.

No longer petulant or impatient, he appeared sunk in the deepest despondency.

He called himself a fool and went home in a petulant mood.

She was as petulant as a child; she felt like shedding tears.

And tomorrow, I'll start my new life as... She looked suddenly petulant.

Ford answered the petulant demand as one bears with a spoiled child.

Cigarette gave a little petulant twist to the tap of her wine-barrel.

The voice had now grown stronger, with a petulant tone through it.

She shrieked out, very much after the manner of a petulant child.

For all of his sixty-plus years he looked like a petulant child.

Then with a petulant mosquito whine the Nissan accelerated away into traffic.

And her tone was almost petulant as she refused to sing again.

She passed on and heard her husband's petulant voice in her ear.