As we shrivel, pettiness replaces gratitude, peevishness displaces trust and delight. (religion-online.org)
He was a rough teether, though, with almost every symptom possible (drool, drool stool, drool cough, rash around mouth, rash around butt, acidic poop, waking at night, random pains that made him yelp, refusing to nursing, and «general peevishness» as the bottle of Humphrey's # 3 describes). (askmoxie.org)
Bernard Jenkin (Con, Harwich & N Essex), a Eurosceptic, struggled to keep peevishness out of his usually civilised contributions. (dailymail.co.uk)