avocation

Example Sentences

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His dialogue snaps, and he can riff on just about anything, including Joe’s avocation as a jazz pianist, with authority.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Once she yells about her charley horse what might have been a saucy turn degrades into an awkward limb pile because that is Miranda's avocation.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2023

He was also an amateur boxer, an avocation that left him with a permanently sunken left cheekbone.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Daguillard began acquiring sketches, prints and paintings in the 1960s, but the avocation really took hold during a Paris sabbatical.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021

Looking at God’s wondrous handiwork was a worthwhile avocation, and in some cases, vocation.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman