pet aversion
Example Sentences
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Scotland was always for Johnson a pet target that he waggishly exploited as a pet aversion; it produced endless gibes on tour as well as at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
My pet aversion is the historical novel, which falsifies history to meet the requirements of romantic fiction, and falsifies romance by trying to force it into the framework of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
"To each his sufferings, all are men," he replied in the sweet sad tones that seemed natural to him: "each has his pet aversion."
From Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis
The cause of silver may be my "pet aversion" as a political theory, but I have all respect for the honest multitude who espoused it.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
Pat doesn't break her fast with the paying guest, however: she's an early bird, though her pet aversion is a worm.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
