foible

Example Sentences

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It helps fund managers justify their salaries and makes ordinary people feel better because of a foible known as the illusion of control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

"Never For Ever" ultimately produced three Top 20 singles, including the indelible foible "Babooshka."

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2022

Jones happily recites the joke using the other word, and the two men laugh, having been caught in a foible of their profession.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021

Like Dr. Jekyll, Ipkiss transforms into a frenzied alter ego, a character foible that would be similarly replicated in “Me, Myself & Irene,” “Liar Liar” and “Bruce Almighty.”

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2020

"If he has a fault—or, no! you wouldn't own that he has—but, isn't his foible a love of luxury—of comfort, if you prefer to call it so—bodily and mental?"

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion