pet peeve

Example Sentences

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Tell us the word or phrase and why it’s your pet peeve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

“It’s a pet peeve with many people,” he told me.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

"It was something that, at first, would always really excite me, but has become increasingly something of a pet peeve," said bookseller and fantasy blogger Bethan Hindmarch, from Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

We know every secret, private joke and pet peeve about each other , based on memories woven so deeply into the L.A. backdrop, they can’t be undone.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2024

This is how I find out that Miss McDaniels has yet another pet peeve besides lateness, wasting valuable time, and utter nonsense.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina