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.
