Examples of pet peeve in a Sentence
One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
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One of Easter’s pet peeves is when people lick their fingers or play with their hair at the dinner table.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Design Disproportions One of designer Jodi Peterman's porch pet peeves has to do with the relationship between design aspects.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
Photo: © The Didion Dunne Literary Trust Possibly the funniest document in the archive: a school essay about pet peeves Didion wrote shortly before her 16th birthday, one in which her arch tone is already on full display.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Thank-Yous Are Important User Halo shared a pet peeve that some may not think about—the thank-you after the wedding.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
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Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Design Disproportions One of designer Jodi Peterman's porch pet peeves has to do with the relationship between design aspects.
—Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2025
Photo: © The Didion Dunne Literary Trust Possibly the funniest document in the archive: a school essay about pet peeves Didion wrote shortly before her 16th birthday, one in which her arch tone is already on full display.
—Christopher Bonanos, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Thank-Yous Are Important User Halo shared a pet peeve that some may not think about—the thank-you after the wedding.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pet%20peeve. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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