hobby

Example Sentences

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He neither drinks alcohol nor drives a car and his hobby of choice is raising parrots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"We started playing every day pretty much. It turned into something that we did just to talk and then a hobby that we love."

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Her father considers this just a hobby, a weekend recreation that shouldn’t interfere with her taking over the store one day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

It’s a risk, unlike, say, practicing a sport or taking up a new hobby.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

In the United States as in Europe, many of Darwin’s most ardent backers were successful tradespeople whose hobby was butterfly or beetle collecting.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann