foibles
- plural of foible.
Example Sentences
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Foibles, though, included our crabcakes coming out after our entrees and a last call when there was a great deal more of the film to be endured.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023
Grim Reapers Slicing and Dicing Society’s Foibles Taking sketch comedy long-form, as many who’ve seen “Wayne’s World 2” will almost certainly acknowledge, comes with considerable risk.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2010
Foibles Some 1,200 people died because they were avoiding what they perceived to be a riskier form of transport, 954 more than who died on the planes used for the terrorist attacks.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2010
Art Carney, Barbara Cook, Alice Ghostley in Fails and Foibles, a musical revue based on the U.S. love for novelty.
From Time Magazine Archive
This Man, among his many good Qualifications, has some Foibles: He has been a long Time bewitch'd with the Art call'd Alchymy.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
