peccadillo

"Scotland has one peccadillo and that is Cardinal O'Brien," he says.

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

A love of disinformation is the peccadillo that springs from bigotry, not the other way around.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022

But at L.S.U., about the only unpardonable peccadillo is failing to win.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2021

The armadillo is found in Washington, D.C., only at the zoo, while the peccadillo is constantly being discovered.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018

But had he not atoned for this peccadillo fifty-fold by the results of his absence?

From Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls by Various

Unfashionably for a modern biographer, Mr. Cobb makes only very brief and glancing reference to these peccadilloes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 4, 2026

He obviously wants the world to remember and think of him as strong and resolute, and basically a good guy despite his personal peccadilloes.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2024

“Every reporter wanted their own kind of scandal. And one of the consequences was a tendency to elevate peccadilloes to the status of scandals.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022

Their peccadilloes were regular grist for the tabloids, especially the rocky marriage of Prince Charles and Diana and the playboy ways of Prince Andrew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2022

So when he appraised Sister Loretta Marie it was with eyes that had spent a lifetime studying the habits and peccadilloes of nuns.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Others at Mr. Julian’s table gave similarly tolerant responses to my question about Mr. Paxton’s peccadillos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

He said he took particular issue with the use of the word "peccadillos".

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2022

“The Secret Life of Pets” scooted by on premise alone, and with the sequel, animal lovers will adore the cutesy depictions of pet peccadillos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2019

It’s now a given that the personal lives and peccadillos of the people who would be president will be exposed by someone, be it The Washington Post or “Access Hollywood.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2018

Marmont was now the hero of the hour; his peccadillos might well have been forgotten for the sake of securing his continued faithfulness.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane