Modifies a noun

• child: Sadly, the petulant child ' little Bush ' has now won.

• behavior: The row it caused and Cann's petulant behavior carried on for well over a year.

• display: To what do I owe such a petulant display of insolence?

• kick: And not Beckham's petulant kick, as 250 million viewers had previously thought.

• voice: He went on, whistling merrily, until a petulant voice cried: " Oh, stop it!

• tone: They tend to have a petulant tone, in which important matters jostle with others of less significance.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: PM inclined to lash out at all & sundry & rather petulant.