How to Use peccadillo in a Sentence

peccadillo

noun
  • There are, of course, peccadilloes in any minor-league park.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 9 June 2026
  • The peccadilloes of royalty never go out of fashion, but Catherine -- with her tumultuous decades-long reign -- brings more intrigue to the party than most.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The particulars and peccadilloes from a coast become embedded in the tools that half of humanity now finds indispensable.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 16 May 2017
  • In exchange for these peccadilloes, listeners received two doses of pure excitement, two scenes in which zeal never flagged, the dramatic arch remained clear, and the orchestra displayed the full, glorious extent of its skill at high speed.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 16 July 2017
  • Providing for your pets after you’re gone was once considered a peccadillo of the wealthy and the eccentric thanks to the occasional news story about a tabby that has inherited millions, or a Chihuahua who was left the family mansion.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 13 June 2017
  • But even the president, who has frequently praised the agency's work under Pruitt, came to the conclusion that the former Oklahoma attorney general's professional achievements were not worth the steady media drip of Pruitt's personal peccadilloes.
    — Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 5 July 2018

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