Sentence examples for foibles which from inspiring English sources

It's that sensitivity to others' foibles which makes our eyes go to him onscreen.

Looking to our western and central European cousins, their quirks and foibles – which at one time seemed so exotic, so cosmopolitan, so continental – are now dry and tired.

Tom is funny and self-aware, and viewers are supposed to be amused by his endearing foibles, which include self-absorption, wanting what he cannot have and an inability to commit.

But it wasn't an enduring masterpiece like the Bible commissioned by King James I, and for all the old boy's foibles, which incidentally included a relentless enthusiasm for pederasty, I'm rather pleased that his name lives on in connection with one of the great achievements of English literature.

But for Weiland's foibles, which periodically derailed Stone Temple Pilots, one wonders how much more the group who could have achieved with their next five albums, which still made the charts and sold in their millions, particularly Purple (1994) and No 4 (1999).

Fleming called these devices "vulgar foibles" which he was saddled with, although maybe, he suggested, "Bond's luxury meals are simply saying "no" to toad-in-the-hole and tele-bickies".

Another collaborative effort was "Foible," which Gerald Casel, of the Philippines, created with the members of his cast.

A small foible, which should have been met with wry smiles and aloe-vera gel, was received with derision and a five-month prison sentence: Another Galileo faces the Roman inquisition.

More likely, the questions would be rather embarrassing ones about her father's foibles, in which she played no part.

Her novels and stories expose the foibles to which large clans are prone, their tendencies to resist change, squelch individuality and ostracize outsiders.

He also clearly loves the characters, each of whom is ghastly in her own way, but with foibles with which one can all too readily connect (he tends to answer questions about each of the characters with an enthusiastic "I adore her!").