Meanings of human foibles in English

She told herself that she was beyond such absurd human foibles as jealousy.

In the 'Tramp' he laughs at human foibles and affectations-andwants to smash them.

A sweet-tempered satirist, Nash poked fun at human foibles but in a gentle, light-hearted way.

Where the city is concerned, such human foibles are petty and meaningless compared to its survival.

YOUNG, whose satires give the very anatomy of human foibles, was wholly governed by his housekeeper.

In a lifetime of peeking through underwear drawers, he had earned a doctorate on human foibles and sins.

Then there are human foibles that can affect results: People might say they're going to vote, and then don't.

He also said the characters would breathe with the kind of human foibles for which Lee's creations are known.

Henrys even-handed approach showcases not just the money and the glamour, but the human foibles behind the boom and bust.

He was celibate, and did not seem to have any desire for such human foibles as wealth, power, fame or comeliness.

Then one picks it up again and a few minutes later an unexpected observation on human foibles makes one smile again.

A humane, humorous, considerate and loving man, an enthusiast of the countryside and nature, Graham was an incisive observer of human foibles.

If the unmarried Betty had a fault, it was a certain sweet truculence, a pretty self-assertiveness which sometimes betrayed intolerance of human foibles.

His snored in magic tree trunks and twinkled in the constellations, frequently emerging, mossy-haired or moon-burned, to fraternize with humanity, sharing human foibles and appetites.

"I know about your history." Angleton looks bored, rather than disapproving: he probably puts it down to human foibles.