peeve

Example Sentences

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My current pet peeve is everyone on social media posting linear ratings and comparing them to the season before.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

I don’t know if that’s a pet peeve, it’s a genuine fear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

“It’s a pet peeve with many people,” he told me.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

"It was something that, at first, would always really excite me, but has become increasingly something of a pet peeve," said bookseller and fantasy blogger Bethan Hindmarch, from Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2025

I can’t be late; her number-one peeve is tardiness.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina