...He had along, rather strong chin and an obstinate mouth with peevish lines about itscorners...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...You couldn’tbe peevish swimming in that jolly, shining sea...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...The authorities are afraid of him, for he’s apt to talk wild, hishealth having made him peevish about the British...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
...“But he’s a wee thing peevish...
John Buchan 「Mr. Standfast」
... Rudolf threw himself back in his chair with a peevish air...
Anthony Hope 「Rupert of Hentzau」
...'His wife is cross and peevish...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...Miller was a woman of little or no feeling, proud, peevish, and passionate, thus making everybody miserable that came near her; and when she disliked any one, her hatred knew no bounds...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle」
...A peevish scream and peculiar clucking orcackling...
Frank M. Chapman 「Color Key to North American Birds」
...They are peevish and irresolute...
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson 「The Dog」
...In its place surged a peevish irritation againstthe beast that had so frightened him...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Further Adventures of Lad」
...She kept giving it warm tea she had made of herbs, until soonthe threatening jerks were over, the peevish whining ceased, and thechild slept peacefully on Grandma’s lap...
Elinore Pruitt Stewart 「Letters on an Elk Hunt」
...The Virgin has a meagre, ascetic countenance, large, ill-shaped eyes,and an almost peevish expression; her head is draped in a heavy, darkblue veil, falling in stiff folds...
Estelle M. Hurll 「The Madonna in Art」
...'As far as I can see,' he said, 'if we can't find somethin' better thanstone-deaf hedgehogs, peevish parrots, and funkin' bandicoots we may aswell give way to despair...
Norman Lindsay 「The Magic Pudding」
...He became morose, peevish, excitable...
Marcus Clarke 「For the Term of His Natural Life」
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