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
In short, a Man of Humour is one, who can happily exhibit and expose the Oddities and Foibles of an Humourist, or of other Characters.
From An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by Clifford, James L.
