Examples of pet peeve in a Sentence
One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
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One of my pet peeves is: Don’t sit around me or near me and then have your phone at full volume.
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
The situation involving Larry’s lawyer and his private bathroom, meanwhile, is another bit of proof that Curb loves to repeatedly mine specific pet peeves — so many episodes about using the bathroom! — and continues to find some comic gold.
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
Biggest Cannes pet peeve? Pedestrians cutting in front of you on narrow sidewalks and then blocking your path.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
The wrappers are a nostalgic choice for Barrois, who started sculpting as an antsy 10-year-old with a Hot Wheels collection and a pet peeve.
—Julia Carmel Jessica Lehrman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
The situation involving Larry’s lawyer and his private bathroom, meanwhile, is another bit of proof that Curb loves to repeatedly mine specific pet peeves — so many episodes about using the bathroom! — and continues to find some comic gold.
—Larry Fitzmaurice, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2024
Biggest Cannes pet peeve? Pedestrians cutting in front of you on narrow sidewalks and then blocking your path.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024
The wrappers are a nostalgic choice for Barrois, who started sculpting as an antsy 10-year-old with a Hot Wheels collection and a pet peeve.
—Julia Carmel Jessica Lehrman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pet%20peeve. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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