peccadillo

Example Sentences

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"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

A minor peccadillo alongside the enormities rightly laid at the door of your man.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022

A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022

The armadillo is found in Washington, D.C., only at the zoo, while the peccadillo is constantly being discovered.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2018

Whenever he discovered the Prince in any peccadillo, he used to say, "Well, we must be lenient to youth."

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various