hobbyhorse

How To Use hobbyhorse In A Sentence

• 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
• Children's games include kite-flying, spinning tops, yo-yos, and hobbyhorses.
• There are quite a lot of people with odd hobbyhorses. Times, Sunday Times
• The best bloggers develop hobbyhorses, shticks and catchphrases that they put into wider circulation.
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• I'm afraid safe driving isn't Jaqui's only hobbyhorse.
• I'm afraid safe driving isn't Jaqui's only hobbyhorse.
• Many competitors make their own hobbyhorses, gluing-on eyes and attaching manes of thread that flutter as the rider gallops along. Times, Sunday Times