pet aversion
Example Sentences
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Much was made of the fact that also in the south of France last week were Lord Baldwin, his original prot�g�, Mr. Eden, and his pet aversion, Winston Churchill.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The cause of silver may be my "pet aversion" as a political theory, but I have all respect for the honest multitude who espoused it.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper
We had another teacher whose pet aversion was match heads.
From Reveries of a Schoolmaster by Pearson, Francis B.
