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单词 hobbyhorse
例句 hobbyhorse
Each commentator has a curse of knowledge of his own, together with hobbyhorses, blind spots, and axes to grind, and the writer cannot pander to all of them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
The children played with toy soldiers and blocks, with hobbyhorses and with dolls. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
Once Rolfe had made him a hobbyhorse, and once Elfred the Dane had made him a boat, but it had not seemed so fine as this one. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
Derek McLane’s fabulous set uses a revolving stage to turn a boozy, arty Manhattan dinner party into a carousel of narcissists on their garish hobbyhorses. | 'Marie and Bruce': There?s Room for Everyone Aboard a Marital Misery Tour 2011-04-06T03:00:05Z
That’s a familiar hobbyhorse among design advocates who want the profession’s importance to be recognized. Celebrating Design Without Contending with It 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z
That is, they like movies that provide them with a boost into the saddle of their favorite hobbyhorse. Oscars 2015: A. O. Scott and Manohla Dargis Discuss the Contenders 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z
Another piece in the park would involve an enormous hobbyhorse with a goat head, which will lie prostrate on the lawn. The Artist Nari Ward on the the Goat as a Symbol of Democracy 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z
Washington’s segregation — particularly its political segregation — turns out to be a hobbyhorse of Henry’s; reining it in, a pet cause. In ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ unlikely group of Washingtonians debate issue that resonates
Now and then I’ve consulted for it over the years, pushing hard for the inclusion of genre writing, screenwriting, funny writing, and other old hobbyhorses of mine. Where do art and the humanities belong? David Kipen on the new American Writers Museum 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z
Huffington’s anecdote appeared designed to promote her two current hobbyhorses: corporate wellness initiatives and her belief that Kalanick, who has been widely criticized over his management of the company, is actually a suitable CEO.. Sex, naps and meditation: men caught misusing workplace breastfeeding rooms 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z
Marxism, capitalism, industrialisation, ecology: there's space for any hobbyhorse. Das Rheingold/Die Walküre – review 2012-09-29T23:07:03Z
Collaborators get frustrated if subjects get up on a hobbyhorse and won’t come down. Let’s Take It to the Page 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z
The curtain falls on their son rocking on a hobbyhorse. ‘Wozzeck,’ the 20th Century’s Most Influential Opera, Turns 100 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z
In plotting her book Ms. Russell gives each Bigtree a thematic hobbyhorse. Books of The Times: In Florida Slough With the Gators and Family Ghosts 2011-02-16T23:30:12Z
“It is refreshingly free both of collegiate sentiment and — in John Updike’s memorable phrase — the dim rumble of hobbyhorses being ridden back and forth across the floor,” Washington Post book reviewer L.J. John Jay Osborn Jr., author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ dies at age 77 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z
In another sign that Republican radicals are in the ascendance, McCarthy said he wants to impose limits on future U.S. aid to Ukraine, a hobbyhorse of Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Voter beware: Divided government will be an unholy mess 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z
He has gone on to establish regular, silly characters - a romantic poet, a highwayman with a hobbyhorse, and a running story that sends up the allure of the archetypal aloof hero. Edinburgh Fringe: The viral comedy stars leaping from TikTok to the stage 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z
If that list of job requirements seems like an odd fusion of unrelated conservative hobbyhorses, it is. Candace Owens, with bizarre observation on bear sex, leads CPAC into nonstop CRT panic 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z
Many are true believers in Musk’s personal hobbyhorses, which include the near-term advent of self-driving cars and the populating of Mars as a second home for the human race. Column: Bitcoin, dogecoin, NTFs, GameStop — is this the peak of investment absurdity? 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z
Charitable contributions by Musk bear the flaws of many billionaire philanthropies — they’re saddles on the donors’ personal hobbyhorses. Column: Elon Musk is giving $150 million to charity. What a cheapskate 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z
Trump would ride some hobbyhorse — suggesting it was being exaggerated to hurt him politically, denying that masks were effective, insisting that people should ignore stay-at-home recommendations, hyping hydroxychloroquine as a miracle cure. Trump can't be trusted to oversee a peaceful transition of power: He must be impeached again 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z
“That used to be a hobbyhorse for Republican senators,” said Mr. Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and previously a longtime Delaware senator. ‘Where Are They?’: Biden Criticizes G.O.P. Over Trump’s Firing of Inspectors General 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z
He sold some puzzles, a hobbyhorse and the Sorry! board game. As California reopens, officials hope social distancing prevents new coronavirus outbreaks 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z
He sold some puzzles, a hobbyhorse and the board game Sorry!. 'It’s still kind of weird': L.A. area businesses say reopening with limits has challenges 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z
Then there are the various proposals to cut — or possibly eliminate — capital gains taxes, a favorite hobbyhorse of White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow. Opinion | The White House’s coronavirus cure is even more magical than we could have imagined 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z
Is there no way to get President Trump off his hobbyhorse about a payroll tax cut? Column: Trump again demands an absurd and harmful payroll tax cut 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z
She has been mentioned as a potential primary challenger in 2022 to Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader — an idea that is a particular hobbyhorse of Mr. Trump’s. For A.O.C., ‘Existential Crises’ as Her District Becomes the Coronavirus Epicenter 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z
This has been a hobbyhorse of mine for some time. Two-man race? Bernie’s back 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z
His many bad takes include climate scepticism, a 2016 WSJ column in which he used the phrase “disease of the Arab mind”, and his regular hobbyhorses, which essentially amount to slight variations on three topics: NYT columnist quits Twitter after daring critic to 'call me a bedbug to my face' 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z
SAT-SUN Scottish Court, Gypsy camp, pirates, hobbyhorse jousting, sword fighting, historical displays, demonstrations, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: Lunar Block Party, Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow, Seattle Bon Odori, King County Fair 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z
A veterinarian lectured girls on hobbyhorse vaccination schedules, saying “check that the eyes are clear and there is no nasal discharge.” Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
A White House-backed infrastructure plan, the hobbyhorse of Washington election year policy, appears no closer to fruition than when Trump first raised it two years ago, with his budget allocation unchanged from previous years. Trump budget previews campaign agenda of reruns 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z
In contrast, Blackburn wholeheartedly endorsed every policy proposal backed by Trump, ranging from the big-ticket items like building a wall on the US-Mexico border to presidential hobbyhorses like ending the diversity visa lottery. Tennessee debate highlights uphill battle as Democrats eye Senate majority 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z
Breaking up families that aren't white to punish them for seeking legal status in the United States has long been a hobbyhorse of the Center for Immigration Studies staff. New Trump appointee, linked to far right, wants to expand the war on legal immigration 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z
That would make it harder for hobbyhorses to stand in the way of social progress. Don’t shrink the role of markets—expand it 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z
The girls discussed hobbyhorse bloodlines and hobbyhorse temperaments, hobbyhorse training routines and hobbyhorse diets. Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
Like my nemesis Mike Isaac, I’m going to write a book about my hobbyhorse — how Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google are conquering the world. Farhad’s Week in Tech: Spotify’s Tough Road, and Our Pile of Reader Feedback 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z
A list of the feuds and hobbyhorses he pursues in “Skin in the Game” would fill the rest of this review. Nassim Taleb explains the power of “skin in the game” 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z
Merkel did this when she abandoned atomic energy after the Fukushima disaster, leaving the Greens without a cause, and when she introduced a minimum wage, a hobbyhorse of the Social Democrats. How Germany’s Mutti Merkel has turned blandness into gold 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z
“Affirmative action is a consistent hobbyhorse on the right because it combines real anxieties with compelling falsehoods.” Right and Left React to the Justice Dept.’s Moves on Affirmative Action 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z
“I live in a bubble that is filled with hobbyhorses.” Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
Affirmative action is a consistent hobbyhorse on the right because it combines real anxieties with compelling falsehoods. Opinion | Black people aren’t keeping white Americans out of college. Rich people are. 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z
Like a real horse and its rider, the hobbyhorse and its master form a team and become attached to each other. Hobby-horsing craze in Finland manifestation of girl power 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z
One possible way — and I know this is my hobbyhorse — is to pay the players. One-and-Done System Gets a Documentary. Call It a Farce. 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z
Even its founders couldn’t agree on the origin of its name: Dada might mean “hobbyhorse” in French, an affirmation in Romanian or something else entirely. The Craziest Reason to Visit Zurich 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z
By the time Fanny reached adolescence, this hobbyhorse community was in place to welcome her. Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
He used the review space to give a hobbyhorse a ride. Book reviewer promotes a controversial theory about depression 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z
The vast majority of the hobbyhorses are homemade —splendid, colorful creatures complete with names like Chattanooga Choo Choo and Panda — exchanged and sold by owners at events and through social media. Hobby-horsing craze in Finland manifestation of girl power 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z
The mistake now would be to narrow the focus prematurely, zeroing in on tax avoidance that is a hobbyhorse of the political class but in this case is a distraction. The Panama Papers in Perspective 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z
Others recall dada was chosen because it means hobbyhorse in French; or was it taken from a brand of Swiss shampoo? Dada: 100 Years Later 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z
It was against this backdrop that Fanny purchased her first hobbyhorse for 24 euros, or about $27, a dappled Arabian mare that she named Amanda. Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
China will continue to build islands while buying us off in the paper currency of climate agreements and other liberal hobbyhorses. America’s Year of Living Dangerously 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z
Predictably, this lack of consensus has created a vacuum, which pundits are trying to fill with their respective hobbyhorses. There’s no escape: You cannot vanquish Donald Trump, only contain him 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z
Through rounds of search warrants and searches of Internet service providers, the prosecutors expanded their writ to pursue the liberal hobbyhorse of “dark money” in elections. John Doe Goes to Washington 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z
Every essayist is a product of his own hobbyhorses, but few claim as vehemently as Vidal to be offering not a view but the Truth. Gore Vidal’s Delusions of Candor 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z
Asked which types of girls are drawn to hobbyhorses, Maisa thinks for a while before answering. Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
I mean, I’m not saying they should, but this particular hobbyhorse about foxes …” His voice tails off. Roger Waters: 'The most terrifying thing I've done? Stand up in front of 80 10-year-olds' 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z
Serbian media jumped on an early hobbyhorse: the drone, they said, had been controlled by Orfi Rama, brother of Edi, from the VIP section. Serbia v Albania: surreal provocation and violence show lessons not learned 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z
One of McArdle’s hobbyhorses and a great example of that is the extremely generous bankruptcy provisions in the US law. This Book Should Be Required Reading In Every Business School 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z
“We get to ride our hobbyhorses a bit.” The Kennedy Wars 2013-11-05T11:05:25Z
The hobbyhorse pastime is now celebrated as a national export, with national championships held every summer and Ms. Aarniomaki as its unofficial spokeswomen. Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
He is a long-time advocate of charter schools and, more quietly, of voucher programs: a favorite hobbyhorse of the men of high finance. Cory Booker: the inexorable rise of Newark's neoliberal egomaniac 2013-06-11T17:37:33Z
This issue has been Colbert’s hobbyhorse since August, when Mitt Romney told a heckler that “corporations are people, my friend,” and needless to say, Colbert too is on the side of corporate personhood. How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? 2012-01-04T10:00:37Z
As someone who studied law in France and shares many of McArdle’s ideological priors, this is a hobbyhorse of mine too. This Book Should Be Required Reading In Every Business School 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z
He has hobbyhorses and is the more likely to launch into debate to defend positions he’s staked out before. Dot Earth Blog: Notes from a Blogging 'Discomfort Zone' 2011-12-30T20:12:59Z
The one thing that drives her crazy, she added, is when people describe her hobbyhorse pursuit as playing. Finland’s Hobbyhorse Girls, Once a Secret Society, Now Prance in Public 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z
Wherefore, if ye really preach from conscience, and mean not to make a political hobbyhorse of your religion, convince the world thereof by proclaiming your doctrine to our enemies, for they likewise bear arms. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z
Photograph: Getty Images Wooden hobbyhorses evolved into velocipedes; velocipedes evolved into safety bicycles; safety bicycles evolved into automobiles. 19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads 2011-08-15T06:00:01Z
Most physical culturists have never ridden any kind of horse in their lives but a hobbyhorse—and they still ride that when they are senile.” Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z
The Y button brings up the more unwieldy but damaging hobbyhorse attack – allowing Alice to clobber enemies with the popular Victorian plaything. Alice: Madness Returns hands-on preview 2011-04-13T07:30:01Z
He created in this way a composite victim whose strength was lessened by deindividualization; in this way too he ran no risk of being labelled a hobbyhorse rider or, more seriously, a persecutor. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729)
But Lady M. tall brown old party with nose like hobbyhorse. The Princess Virginia
There he saw a spring hobbyhorse, as large as a Shetland pony, all saddled and bridled, too—lacking nothing but a rider. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller
"How long have you been riding that hobbyhorse?" The Comedienne
Nobody could have remained in a normal seat on such terrain, but Bordman felt hopelessly undignified riding what amounted to a hobbyhorse. Sand Doom
Sheard was on his hobbyhorse, and there were few there disposed to follow him. The Sins of Séverac Bablon
He laid hold of it and109 drew it out and set down on the faint rug of light a small wooden hobbyhorse. Christmas A Story
You know how pleased a boy is when his hobbyhorse creaks. Dew Drops, Vol. 37, No. 08, February 22, 1914
When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion, or, in other words, when his hobbyhorse grows headstrong, farewell cool reason and fair discretion. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
Now I am on my hobbyhorse, I cannot help inserting two other old stanzas, which please me mightily:— Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, etc. The Letters of Robert Burns
He sent her up a little hobbyhorse from the property room. Star-Dust
It was Malcolm's hobbyhorse, dappled gray, the tail and the mane missing and the paint worn off—and tenderly licked off—his nose. Christmas A Story
And therefore if they please, let them suppose I played at tables for my diversion, or if they had rather have it so, that I rode on a hobbyhorse. The Praise of Folly
I recollect she was ill all day, and my little hobbyhorse and whip were laid aside, and I tried to be very quiet. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader
Dachl!'' and the dog made off at the top of his hobbyhorse gait. In the Quarter
Men and women, alone, riding the hobbyhorses of anxiety or love, burned their wavering tapers of dream and thought into the lonely hours. To Let
Something else stirred in his memory, the name by which Malcolm had used to call his hobbyhorse, some ringing name ... but he had forgotten. Christmas A Story
There he touched an edge of something that swayed, and he laid hold of and drew out that for which he had come: Malcolm's hobbyhorse. Christmas A Story
And when he faced that, he left the hobbyhorse where it was under the wall and went into the street. Christmas A Story
While he went within doors he had left the hobbyhorse in the snow, close to the wall; and he came back there to wait. Christmas A Story
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