dabbler
Example Sentences
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David Byrne came from Baltimore by way of Scotland, a socially awkward dabbler in conceptualist experiments with photography and a veteran of various mediocre cover bands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
I consider myself a bit of a dabbler — always willing to learn about something or try something new, and then I dive deep into the rabbit hole with certain stuff.
From The Verge ● Jan. 27, 2022
Laurie Anderson could be considered a modern Renaissance woman but she would humbly say that she's "just a dabbler and a tinkerer".
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2021
Until recently, he’d just been a dabbler who — like Kimbrough — found the game after moving to Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2019
A man respects the judgment of a specialist on any given subject, and he is rather intolerant of the snap judgments of the dabbler or the dilettante.
From Penguin Persons & Peppermints by Walter Prichard Eaton
