pet aversion
Example Sentences
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Scotland was always for Johnson a pet target that he waggishly exploited as a pet aversion; it produced endless gibes on tour as well as at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
My pet aversion is the historical novel, which falsifies history to meet the requirements of romantic fiction, and falsifies romance by trying to force it into the framework of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the distance, he saw Blake, his pet aversion, carefully working out an experiment.
From The Loom of Youth by Alec Waugh
"Casserole is usually my pet aversion," Dicky said solemnly.
From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Adele Garrison
When Rosamond found that races were what she called his pet aversion, she resisted with all her might.
From The Three Brides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
