Words similar to pique

Example sentences for: pique

How can you use “pique” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

TIMOTHY: What, you mean the Manchester United ace given to contretemps with footballing authorities and fits of Gallic pique?
An editorial in Thursday's Japan Times speculates that "pique seems to have figured prominently" in the selection this weekend of Turin, Italy, as the site of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.
Luckily, I don't have to cancel my subscription to your zine in a fit of pique!
So why is he timeless, while Self's sendups of PC already seem dated, as if he'd jotted them down in a fit of childish pique in 1991?
They later rebuilt it to bolster their own prestige, only to burn it down once again in a fit of pique when the Meiji Restoration of imperial power abolished their shogunate in 1868.