pet peeve
Example Sentences
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“Receiving cold calls from friends and family is now a huge pet peeve of mine,” she said.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Another pet peeve for many are sketchy cycling lanes in a city where 18 percent of all trips are made by bike.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Tell us the word or phrase and why it’s your pet peeve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
"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
I know that unnecessarily tall things are a pet peeve of Autumn’s, but I don’t understand why she seems so ready to go head-to-head with something this huge.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
