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

Mr. Rodriguez took the foible as a challenge.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2018

"Hey, for the 'Tête d'Or,'" struck in Denys, decided by his ineradicable foible.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles