Example Sentences

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Others at Mr. Julian’s table gave similarly tolerant responses to my question about Mr. Paxton’s peccadillos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

He said he took particular issue with the use of the word "peccadillos".

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022

But in hindsight, his personal failings and peccadillos pale in comparison with the tectonic impact he has had on American society.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021

Hearing those decades-old recordings—voices crackling out of the past, disclosing peccadillos and airing guilty consciences—is an eerie experience, and you can understand why Bridge was transfixed by the thing he’d created.

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2021

They mean only that they do not fear reproaches for peccadillos which they are convinced none will discover.

From Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)