One can understand why this individual, whatever her intellectual and personal foibles, could command loyalty and inspire commitment.

Despite what he recognized as a personal foible, Kirk was no fool.

Lerner's personal foibles were the stuff of tabloid legend.

Comedians are notorious for turning their personal foibles into pubic fodder.

But Bernays's personal foibles seem beside the point here.

Her decision seems to have been tolerated as a personal foible and a matter for gossip.

It wasn't hard to see why: the humor was gentle and apolitical, making light of minor personal foibles.

One can only be understandin' of the motivationals of such types and not take offense at their personal foibles when the heat is on.

No criticism of your tastes, gentlemen; just a personal foible of my own.

All are good-humoured and entertaining stories with plots that often turn on the personal foibles of the characters, whether boys or schoolmasters.