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Meanings of petulant gesture in English

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Usage of petulant gesture in English
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And she put her hands behind her with a small, petulant gesture.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
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She sprang up, brushing the curls from her temples with a petulant gesture.
The Fruit of the Tree
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Sah-luma gave a petulant gesture of annoyance and passed on.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
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He made a petulant gesture toward the half-filled goblet.
The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
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Cecile's petulant gesture replied, "So are you-whocould help liking you?"
Poor Relations
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With a petulant gesture, M. Fortunat rejoined: All the same I must speak with her to-day.
The Count's Millions
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Even in that short time, a year passed, and, with a petulant gesture, I left the window.
The House on the Borderland
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United were reduced to despondency and, in Wayne Rooney's case, the petulant gesture that brought a late booking.
The Irish Times
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She threw herself back against the cushion with an oddly petulant gesture, and leaned there staring moodily out.
The Bars of Iron
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She rose with a petulant gesture.
Deadham Hard: A Romance
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But in a few minutes he replaced it with a petulant gesture of the hand, saying sullenly: Vanished!
In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 02
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Sah-luma's delicate brows darkened into a close frown,-andhe waved his hand with a petulant gesture of impatience.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
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He made a petulant gesture as he went on: I don't see why Judge Lawlor bothered me about the matter.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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She made a petulant gesture, and the red wings in her hat vibrated like the wings of a bird in flight.
One Man in His Time
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She threw down the hammock with a petulant gesture and stood looking at the syringa-bush as if it were her mortal enemy.
Geoffrey Strong
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Wayne Rooney got himself booked for a petulant gesture near the end when the true exasperation must have been with himself and his team-mates.
The Guardian
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