pet aversion
Example Sentences
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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
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
Miss Merton, Marjorie's pet aversion, had stalked into the great room.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Pauline Lester
"Nick was always a bore," Stanwood rejoined, more pleased with the implied disparagement of his pet aversion than with the very out-spoken compliment to himself.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Emma G. Moore
"I'm going down to the saloon to meet 'Pickles,' your pet aversion, Pedro Mancha, and we're going to find a fourth."
From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Ridgwell Cullum
