Explore Hobby through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pursuit or toy. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hobby in a sentence
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Hobby meaning
- An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
- An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
- Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
Synonyms of Hobby
Using Hobby
- The main meaning on this page is: An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. | An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby. | Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).
- Useful related words include: pursuit, falco subbuteo, toy, plaything.
- In the example corpus, hobby often appears in combinations such as: the hobby, as hobby, hobby and.
Context around Hobby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hobby
- In this selection, "hobby" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, favorite, beading, train, horse, following and heroscape stand out and add context to how "hobby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a favorite hobby was photographing and a hobby shop in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hobby" sits close to words such as agreeing, applicant and carey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hobby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Beekeeping is a hobby for me. (6 words)
Collecting Supreme Court justices and their spouses isn’t his only hobby. (12 words)
A retired space scientist, he had shared that math was his favorite hobby. (13 words)
She says this was a hobby that started out as a hobby following the birth of her son three years ago and that it soon became like a form of meditation as she navigated the stresses of being a new mum. (41 words)
However, as early as 1676 Sir Matthew Hale, in Contemplations Moral and Divine, wrote "Almost every person hath some hobby horse or other wherein he prides himself." citation He was acknowledging that a "hobby horse" produces a legitimate sense of pride. (41 words)
He turned to his woodworking hobby as he processed his grief and has since made that hobby into a family business, the Gallery at Morgan Farms, which offers handmade goods in the singer's hometown of Dickson, Tenn. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
He said they have a craft room at their house that they split between them for her beading hobby and his train hobby.
She says this was a hobby that started out as a hobby following the birth of her son three years ago and that it soon became like a form of meditation as she navigated the stresses of being a new mum.
He turned to his woodworking hobby as he processed his grief and has since made that hobby into a family business, the Gallery at Morgan Farms, which offers handmade goods in the singer's hometown of Dickson, Tenn.
Demars and his wife, Linda, will facilitate a workshop on rock painting for those who are interested in giving it a try, as well as for veterans of the hobby who simply want to enhance their hobby.
As miniature wargaming is often an expensive hobby, Heroscape and the collectible miniatures games have opened the miniature wargaming hobby to a new demographic.
However, as early as 1676 Sir Matthew Hale, in Contemplations Moral and Divine, wrote "Almost every person hath some hobby horse or other wherein he prides himself." citation He was acknowledging that a "hobby horse" produces a legitimate sense of pride.
While stamp collectors are of all ages, it has been particularly popular hobby among children, many of whom continued the hobby as adults.
A Coquet Valley resident set up a business after she had been cleaning headstones and restoring old photos as a hobby for over a year.
A favorite corner of my internet is Philatelica USA Magazine, a quarterly hobby magazine for collectors, enthusiasts, and traders of stamps, currency, and postcards.
A favorite hobby was photographing and tracking the many freighters entering and departing from the city.
A hobby shop in Tokyo had more than 2.2 million yen in cards stolen, and police suspect a young company worker is to blame.
Also, Director Jean M. Hobby sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 6th.
And the coastguard reported a 53 per cent increase in call-outs associated with the hobby.
A retired space scientist, he had shared that math was his favorite hobby.
Arthur was just born in June (this month), for 5 years I’ve been a registered environmental health specialist for the Darke County Health Department and as a hobby I like to occasionally make music.
As far as negatives, it is a little bulkier than the standard iPhone charger, and it requires nitromethane fuel, which you might not have on-hand but is available online and at most hobby stores.
A skater sees something to flip off not walk on,” Green said of the sport, a hobby picked on a vacation in Hawaii.
Beekeeping is a hobby for me.
But they must first say farewell to their regular lives, which include eldest daughter Nina's (Zoe Colletti) frowned-upon relationship with her college boyfriend and son Kyle's (Van Crosby) even more frowned-upon pro-gaming hobby.
Collecting Supreme Court justices and their spouses isn’t his only hobby.
Common combinations with hobby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the hobby 17×
- as hobby 16×
- hobby and 10×
- hobby for 10×
- hobby lobby 10×
- hobby of 9×
- hobby that 8×
- new hobby 8×
- their hobby 6×
- favorite hobby 6×