hobbyist

Example Sentences

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Today’s gold seekers range from part-time hobbyists keen to spend an afternoon by the river to the die-hard, well-equipped treasure hunters who make a living from it.

From New York Times

Professional artists and hobbyists from across Japan submitted 75 ghoulish and playful sculptures, down from 243 entrants in 2013, the competition’s first year.

From New York Times

Among hobbyists and gamers he was revered like a rock star, but he looked and acted and sounded like a man who tinkered with stuff in his basement.

From Washington Post

People can creatively modify these hobbyist machines for combat to allow the drones to conduct overhead surveillance and drop grenades.

From Scientific American

Those art ambitions led her to New York, where she fell in with her future art compatriots when they were running a paid workshop for hobbyists called the Coenties Slip Drawing School.

From New York Times