Examples of peevish

• In this play-acting scenario, both parties exaggerate and flatten each other into caricatures in the course of an irritable and peevish exchange.

• Nearly half of the 75,493 troops were thus poorly trained, inexperienced, and peevish conscripts.

• Well, he was wrong—as he frequently was —because, with the exception of a small, peevish minority, we all know very well what we want.

• I think the answer we have been given was a little peevish.

• I think the word "peevish" was rather unfortunate.

• I have not uttered these remarks in any peevish spirit, but simply in the hope that some of these grievances may receive attention.

• Nothing like the firm smack of peevish government!

• He was peevish when he was interrupted, although most of us have to submit to interruption and try to do so without losing our equilibrium.