pet peeve

Example Sentences

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“I have a pet peeve about mental-health narratives in a lot of movies,” says Shear.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

It’s a pet peeve of hers when someone is multitasking when she’s trying to talk to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

“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

Okay, tiny pet peeve: when the girls call me kid.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera