peccadillo

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

From BBC ● May 7, 2025

Yet he is likely soon to be sworn in, admitting only to the peccadillo of “résumé embellishment” when really what he seems to have done is “made up almost everything about his biography.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2023

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

A less shameful peccadillo might have been confessed, but this low-lived gambling, this association with a fellow like Josiah Slam, how could it be spoken of?

From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Frank Feller

The specter of a big electoral defeat makes Labour politicians more sensitive to Mr. Starmer’s peccadilloes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

It’s not unusual for rumors about financial, sexual or other peccadilloes to attend a campaign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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

That moment may have crystallized the loss of public support for Mr. Johnson, an ethically flexible journalist-turned-politician whose peccadilloes were forgiven more often than not by a public he proved adept at charming.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 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 great benefit and joy of at last living in one’s own apartment is having a sanctuary all your own—free from concern for roommates, their peccadillos, and whose turn it is to wash the dishes.

From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021

“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

Pinckney was not a man to press another unduly, nor was he a man to haggle about halfpence or worry servants over small peccadillos.

From The Ghost Girl by H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole