Significados de sudden petulance en inglés

In sudden petulance, Corporal Nettle sat down in the road, took off his boots and flung them into a field.

"I wish you wouldn't call me Miss Lawton," she cried with sudden petulance.

"Marchese, don't be ridiculous!" said Vere, with sudden petulance.

'What's going to be done?' he asked; and then, with a sudden petulance, 'What have I got to do?'

"We have fared ill," he answered, turning his head aside, and added with sudden petulance, "God's curse upon Pasquale Paoli, and all his house!"