pet aversion
Example Sentences
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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
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
“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 Laura Dent Crane
"Nick was always a bore," Stanwood rejoined, more pleased with the implied disparagement of his pet aversion than with the very out-spoken compliment to himself.
From Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book by Emma G. Moore
In the distance, he saw Blake, his pet aversion, carefully working out an experiment.
From The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh
