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
“Yes, and he’s towing along our pet aversion Mrs. D. L. Smythe,” said Grace.
From The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies by Crane, Laura Dent
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
Adams, Samuel, a pet aversion of the Hartford wits, 99, 100.
From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.
