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faux pas

NOUN
  1. a socially awkward or tactless act

How To Use faux pas In A Sentence

  • HOUSES decked out in bright lights are the worst seasonal faux pas, according to a survey. The Sun
  • CROWLEY: In the end, no faux pas, no unretrievable errors. CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2007
  • Gail agreed with the remainder of the fashion faux pas top ten, saving her most withering comments for shell suits and puffballs.
  • Another sign of greatness is his adeptness at acknowledging & handling faux pas as evident by his handling of the Crowley-Gates incidence. Obama: Race not 'overriding issue' in criticism
  • He once - and only once - made the classic faux pas of being rather too nice to another woman in my presence. The Sun
  • But a major faux pas has made the new Barbie unexpectedly controversial in polyglot America: there is no Asian-American version.
  • He defended her to the hilt when she made social faux pas, and would not hear her criticised in his presence. Times, Sunday Times
  • Is it such a dreadful faux pas? Times, Sunday Times
  • He spoke pityingly, as if saving a bewildered tourist from a cultural faux pas.
  • I wondered whether you had any advice for a person prone to huge faux pas and social gaffes. Times, Sunday Times
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