How To Use Hobbyhorse In A Sentence
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Many competitors make their own hobbyhorses, gluing-on eyes and attaching manes of thread that flutter as the rider gallops along.
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You want to distort the historical record to serve your modern political hobbyhorses.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Virginia “Confederate History Month” Proclamation
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Wooden hobbyhorses evolved into velocipedes; velocipedes evolved into safety bicycles; safety bicycles evolved into automobiles.
19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads | Carlton Reid
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The only movement towards Paul's position on one of his hobbyhorses is the mainstreaming of demonizing the Federal Reserve and fretting about the "soundness" of our money.
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Widespread sleep deprivation is one of PNH's hobbyhorses.
Making Light: Open thread 134
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don't get him started on his hobbyhorse
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If he spent less time on his hobbyhorses and more on proving his thesis, this would be a better read.
Full Circle: How the Classical World Came Back to Us by Ferdinand Mount
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Build a half-million-dollar house next to the quarter-million-dollar barn where they could stable their expensive hobbyhorses and fleet of top-of-the-line ATVs.
No Mercy
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There are quite a lot of people with odd hobbyhorses.
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Creating some faux persona with catchphrases and hobbyhorses to draw people to your blog is a big mistake, because blogging is a long term gig and rare is the person who can keep up that sort of sham, particularly in writing.
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We all have a tendency to rant when we try to lobby for our own linguistic hobbyhorses.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar
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I'm afraid safe driving isn't Jaqui's only hobbyhorse.
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I'm afraid safe driving isn't Jaqui's only hobbyhorse.
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For many years, the cause of human rights has been systematically corrupted by people who cannot distinguish between the rights themselves and their own political hobbyhorses.
Human Rights Kowtow
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Taking a break from his sermonising trilogy on American values, The Boss of It All finds Lars Von Trier in amiable and comedic mood, spinning out a plot that explores several of his favourite hobbyhorses: following individuals attempting to escape from reason, poking fun at group dynamics, and deflating actors 'egos.
GreenCine Daily: Fests and events, 10/23.
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The second half wanders off into Hayekian hobbyhorses that I don't think are very helpful.
Hayek and Tobin, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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The best bloggers develop hobbyhorses, shticks and catchphrases that they put into wider circulation.
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There are quite a lot of people with odd hobbyhorses.
Times, Sunday Times
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Children's games include kite-flying, spinning tops, yo-yos, and hobbyhorses.