HOBBY in a Sentence
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24 example sentences for HOBBY, such as:
1. Because that is my special hobby.
2. Their hobbies are many and various.
3. He entered into politics as a hobby.
4. Then she found a hobby in sociology.
5. Just now his hobby is catching flies.
2. Their hobbies are many and various.
3. He entered into politics as a hobby.
4. Then she found a hobby in sociology.
5. Just now his hobby is catching flies.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of HOBBY
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hobby
n. an auxiliary activity
n. small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small birds
Classic Sentence:
1 But it's nice for gentlemen to have a hobby, though they do gather the dust--those skulls and things.
2 The man who had begun by being merely her amusement, and would never have been more than her hobby but for his skill in deserting her at the right moments, was now again her desire.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
3 It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
4 Because that is my special hobby.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
5 But this is my special hobby, and the differences are equally obvious.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
6 What is to me a means of livelihood is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
7 Mrs. Fisher's latest hobby was municipal reform.
8 Well, a taste for society's just another kind of hobby.
9 Then she found a hobby in sociology.
10 Just now his hobby is catching flies.
11 That's my profession; also my hobby.
12 Mr. Bhaer soon joined her, looking rather out of his element, and presently several of the philosophers, each mounted on his hobby, came ambling up to hold an intellectual tournament in the recess.
13 Kennicott had five hobbies: medicine, land-investment, Carol, motoring, and hunting.
14 This month of romance she was eager to understand his hobbies.
Example Sentence:
1 The diverse patterns formed by their brightly colored wings have made butterfly watching a fairly popular hobby.
2 The Show is Canada's largest three day hobby and craft exhibition.
3 His hobby proved to be so fascinating and profitable that gradually he abandoned his regular occupation and concentrated on his avocation.
4 The amateur is someone who loves a topic or hobby or interest, and pursues it with dedication, love, and attention to detail.
5 He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.
6 He hasn't got any hobbies-unless you call watching TV a hobby.
7 Happy is the man who is living by his hobby.
8 He entered into politics as a hobby.
9 Their hobbies are many and various.
10 My hobbies include reading and painting.