foible

Example Sentences

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It helps fund managers justify their salaries and makes ordinary people feel better because of a foible known as the illusion of control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

“He used to tell me that every joke has a message. Whatever you’re laughing at, you’re laughing at some foible of yours or somebody else’s. What is learned from laughter is learned well.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2022

Jones happily recites the joke using the other word, and the two men laugh, having been caught in a foible of their profession.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2021

This is not merely an eccentric interpretation of the facts or an interesting foible, nor is it an irrelevant example of anguished post-presidency chatter.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2021

Except for this subject his taste is catholic, and his foible is to pose as omniscient.

From The Story of an Untold Love by Ford, Paul Leicester