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
"Will each officer present," he said, "kindly name his pet aversion among his fellow-creatures?"
From All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian
Miss Merton, Marjorie's pet aversion, had stalked into the great room.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Lester, Pauline
All went well till in an unlucky moment he mentioned the phrase "voice-production," which was the maestro's pet aversion.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
