How to Use pet peeve in a Sentence
pet peeve
noun- One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
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My pet peeve with tights is that most waists are just, well, too tight.
—Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2018
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My other pet peeve is the naked droplet [from a] cough into the air, in 2023.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2023
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So with that in mind, one of the five biggest gym pet peeves take it away, Jesse?
—Fox News, 9 Aug. 2018
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That’s one of my pet peeves: people that don’t respond to you.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2024
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This is one of my biggest pet peeves ever and needs to end.
—Stefanie Lyn Kaufman As Told To Korin Miller, SELF, 23 Aug. 2018
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That should help with one of Reeve’s pet peeves, shot selection.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2019
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Her travel pet peeves: People who trim their nails on a plane.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Sep. 2023
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One of Tate’s pet peeves is folks spending so much time looking at their cell phones.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
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Design pet peeves: When rooms look too perfect or not lived in.
—Linda Jerkins, ajc, 14 Oct. 2017
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My fashion pet peeve is how people dress at the airport.
—Andrea Cheng, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2019
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The two also jested about their pet peeves about each other.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
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In his last video, posted three weeks ago, Mr. Troyer was in an armchair and talked about his pet peeves.
—Luis FerrÉ-SadurnÍ, The Seattle Times, 21 Apr. 2018
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Courtesy of brands Want to hear my biggest beauty pet peeve?
—Taylore Glynn, Marie Claire, 3 Dec. 2019
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Oh, and one last pet peeve of mine: over half of people don’t read anything more than the headlines online.
—Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2018
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This is an old pet peeve of mine about how Democrats debate policy.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2021
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That’s been my pet peeve about Ashley Monroe and her music.
—Jon Bernstein, GQ, 8 May 2018
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From hovering at the gate to taking shoes and socks off on the plane, there was no end to their various pet peeves.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2018
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This reflects a pet peeve of mine, which is the sad state of education for our young people.
—Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
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My current biggest pet peeve about the NBA is how teams often don’t start games with their best five players on the floor.
—Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
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My snooty pet peeve now feels like the apex of pre-pandemic luxury.
—Sadie Stein, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2021
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In this day and age, hangers would seem like a savings in waste, in addition to doing away with a pet peeve of mine!
—Washington Post, 29 June 2021
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Loud bikes are a pet peeve of many who say the unbridled mufflers make their bodies shake, hurt their ears and wake them from sleep.
—Tim Harlow, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
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Everyone who gets behind the wheel has a favorite pet peeve.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
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The cast began the game by answering what the biggest pet peeve Eugene Levy had to overcome while on set was.
—Katherine Schaffstall, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2020
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Things CEOs have shared with me that are pet peeves: Pajama-looking clothes and plastic shoes with holes in them.
—Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
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Some even lack headshots, which is a personal pet peeve.
—Nancy Marshall, Forbes, 10 June 2022
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Ava's biggest pet peeve in a relationship is a man who doesn't floss.
—Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
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In the video, Beckham revealed his biggest pet peeve, his hidden talents, his go-to drink and much more!
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
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The wrappers are a nostalgic choice for Barrois, who started sculpting as an antsy 10-year-old with a Hot Wheels collection and a pet peeve.
—Julia Carmel Jessica Lehrman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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