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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Look for signs of DIY work — sloppy paint jobs, misaligned tiles, uneven cabinet installation, missing GFCI outlets, or my pet peeve: poorly done caulking.
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Dana Bull, CNBC, 9 June 2025
One of my pet peeves as a professional mattress tester of over five years?
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 4 June 2025
It’s not always taken seriously enough, despite the fact that employees cite office gossip as their number one pet peeve more than pointless meetings, coworkers taking undeserved credit and micromanagement.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Over time, listeners gain knowledge of the hosts’ history with one another, interests, pet peeves, and other minutiae.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
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Dana Bull, CNBC, 9 June 2025
One of my pet peeves as a professional mattress tester of over five years?
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 4 June 2025
It’s not always taken seriously enough, despite the fact that employees cite office gossip as their number one pet peeve more than pointless meetings, coworkers taking undeserved credit and micromanagement.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Over time, listeners gain knowledge of the hosts’ history with one another, interests, pet peeves, and other minutiae.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 10 Apr. 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 18 Jun. 2025.
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