How to Use pet peeve in a Sentence

pet peeve

noun
  • One of my biggest pet peeves is people driving too slowly on the highway.
  • But this remains a parks pet peeve.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2026
  • What are your restaurant icks and pet peeves?
    — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • My pet peeve with tights is that most waists are just, well, too tight.
    — Colleen Kratofil, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • My pet peeve is judges who bang their gavel each time that rule on something.
    — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Lily’s biggest pet peeve is bad drivers.
    — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • What are your podcasting pet peeves?
    — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
  • So with that in mind, one of the five biggest gym pet peeves take it away, Jesse?
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2018
  • Non-absorbent towels are one of my biggest pet peeves.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Non-absorbent towels are one of my biggest pet peeves.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That should help with one of Reeve’s pet peeves, shot selection.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Everyone has them, and what those pet peeves are can tell you a lot about a person.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • One of Tate’s pet peeves is folks spending so much time looking at their cell phones.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
  • One of my mystery pet peeves is when a revelation comes out of nowhere.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • This is an old pet peeve of mine about how Democrats debate policy.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2021
  • One of our big pet peeves is when people win major awards and prepare nothing.
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 June 2023
  • My snooty pet peeve now feels like the apex of pre-pandemic luxury.
    — Sadie Stein, Town & Country, 17 Feb. 2021
  • The singer shared one of her biggest pet peeves during a recent podcast.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Ava's biggest pet peeve in a relationship is a man who doesn't floss.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • And, just like solvers, crossword-puzzle creators have their own pet peeves and favorite moves.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 June 2019
  • This reflects a pet peeve of mine, which is the sad state of education for our young people.
    — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 18 July 2023
  • One of my pet peeves with my iPad mini is its lack of Face ID.
    — Lance Whitney, PC Magazine, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Don't comment on nursing My blood also boils over this pet peeve of Kelce’s.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 9 Jan. 2025
  • For a decade, the trope has been a reliable—and lazy—way to elevate pet peeves into trends.
    — Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • From hovering at the gate to taking shoes and socks off on the plane, there was no end to their various pet peeves.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2018
  • The wide-leg silhouette also still looks polished for work and won’t squeeze my legs (my fashion pet peeve).
    — Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In this day and age, hangers would seem like a savings in waste, in addition to doing away with a pet peeve of mine!
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • The survey showed almost every driver (92%) has a pet peeve.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Finally, if reclining is your greatest pet peeve, choose a bulkhead seat at the front of the plane.
    — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • According to Evite, the pet peeve every party guest dreads is when an invite isn’t clear enough.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025

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