It was about this time that I committed a faux pas which my contemporaries never let me forget.

People behaved as if they were fearful of committing a faux pas.

The Yankees, it seems, committed a faux pas and had to backtrack at the last minute.

I see immediately that I have committed a faux pas.

It was as if I had committed a faux pas by referring to the singing.

If nothing else, she would never be seen committing a social faux pas.

We'd committed a classic faux pas of climbing, and still had nearly 400 vertical feet to go.

In all probability, she had committed a major faux pas by being so forward with him.

Having committed a faux pas, I'd best be on my way.

Anne realized she had committed a faux pas in bringing up the scandal.