hobbyhorse

Example Sentences

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In 2017, the National Institutes of Health asked Hotez to meet with Kennedy to move him off the hobbyhorse of a vaccine-autism link.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

He has gone on to establish regular, silly characters - a romantic poet, a highwayman with a hobbyhorse, and a running story that sends up the allure of the archetypal aloof hero.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022

“That the judge has this guy in his power and he can impose whatever hobbyhorse is important to him.”

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2021

I don’t mean to jump back on my hobbyhorse of complaining about lack of knowledge in tech journalism, but printing a claim like that is egregious.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2013

Simon grinned and grabbed one of the wooden baking paddles, which he proceeded to ride like a hobbyhorse ’round the bakehouse.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood