peccadillo

IPA: pˈɛkʌdˈɪɫoʊ

Examples of "peccadillo" in Sentences

And how, exactly, do you sugarcoat the following as a "peccadillo":
They cannot figure out why a sexual peccadillo is given so much attention.
The Times continues to treat communism as a cute campus peccadillo like pot smoking or nude streaking.
It is an action between friends, just as my silence on the subject of your peccadillo is a friendly action.
It is not easy to render this term by a short and apt English term; "peccadillo" would come near the meaning.
Nick Clegg's U-turn on student fees is a trivial peccadillo compared with his infinitely more damaging U-turn on public spending.
(Soundbite of laughter) Ms. POUNDSTONE: I don't know, you know, I have a silly peccadillo which is that I call body parts by their names.
An Islamic movement that upholds Islamic principles and values like Pas cannot afford to see that kind of peccadillo creeping into its workings.
When some brave souls pointed out that the peccadillo was a notoriously flightless bird they were hung, drawn and hacked up into bite-sized portions as a precaution.