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- noun Plural form of
peeve . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
peeve .
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Examples
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One of my big pet peeves is that should a movie make an attempt at being historically accurate in clothing, that they tend to veer wildly the more important the character, especially if the character is a woman.
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One of my biggest pet peeves is anti-takeover measures like poison pills and staggered boards that destroy shareholder value.
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One of MY pet peeves is the misuse of statistical tidbits, often incomplete, out of context, and/or inaccurate when one examines them, which then gets people believing things that just are not true.
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One of my pet peeves is when a judge isn't paying attention.
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One of my biggest pet peeves is seeing people - whether they're on foot, on a bike, in a car, or in a horse and buggy - who sleepwalk their way through life without any awareness of their effect on other people.
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One of my pet peeves is when a judge isn't paying attention.
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I am occasionally asked to do a talk on the Gothic, and one of my pet peeves is the continual process of making the other safe.
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One of my pet peeves is that people confuse "professional" with "expert".
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One of my pet peeves is when a judge isn't paying attention.
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One of my pet-peeves is a dirty rifle, and I believe it would break my heart to see my nephew neglect this rifle (or any other).
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