“The heroine's honour is unjustly impugned, but her alleged crime is such a peccadillo that the emotions associated with it seem ludicrously overblown.”

“The politician's peccadillo, although considered a minor wrongdoing, caused public outrage and damaged his reputation.”

“I'm making the biggest decision of my life and you reduce it to a mere peccadillo.”

“Her quest leads her into the clutches of others who are eager to use her to satisfy their own sexual peccadillos.”

“This title will first have caused painstaking inquiry into my past, the peccadillos and all.”

“The excruciating embarrassment of finding one's personal peccadillos exposed to public scrutiny makes kiss-and-tell the perfect vengeance-fodder.”

“Over the years I have certainly committed somewhat more than my share of peccadilloes and outright sins.”

“Suddenly stories about pop stars and their legal troubles or sexual peccadilloes were no longer relegated to the women's pages.”

“Since the satire routinely pillories the peccadilloes of public figures, Deayton's defrocking is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the show.”