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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Non-absorbent towels are one of my biggest pet peeves.
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Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
This document would include their preferences and pet peeves around communication, their preferred work environments, and their strengths and weaknesses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
What are your restaurant icks and pet peeves?
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
This uncomfortable truth sharpened recently when a friend shared her pet peeve about cell phones on the table when dining out with companions.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
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Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
This document would include their preferences and pet peeves around communication, their preferred work environments, and their strengths and weaknesses.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
What are your restaurant icks and pet peeves?
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
This uncomfortable truth sharpened recently when a friend shared her pet peeve about cell phones on the table when dining out with companions.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pet peeve
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“Pet peeve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pet%20peeve. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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