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How to use hobby in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Hobby means an activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. Example: “I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.”

Examples of hobby by meaning

nounAn activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

  • I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.
  • take up a hobby
  • give up your hobby

nounPainting and building miniatures (as opposed to playing the game).

  • I'm more into the competitive part than the hobby part of this game.

nounAny of four species of small falcons in the genus Falco, especially Falco subbuteo.

  • He hawked – from nearby Esher, Richard Fox sent a servant with a hobby, which Henry received enthusiastically – and hunted, sending a present of freshly slaughtered deer to Princess Mary.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 323

More sentences with hobby

  • The experience struck a string in him that turned into a lifetime hobby.From the entry string
  • Whatever random hobby you're into, there's an Internet community for it.From the entry random
  • It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.From the entry passion
  • Editing Wikipedia started as a hobby, but it's turned into a complete obsession of mine.From the entry obsession
  • A craft such as quilting may be pursued as a hobby or as a cottage industry.From the entry cottage industry
  • Don't ask him about global warming: it's his favourite hobby horse, you'll never get away.From the entry hobby horse
  • My brother's hobby is raising domestic pigeons, some for show, and others as messengers.From the entry domestic pigeon
  • The hobby of computer programming may be a supercurricular activity, as it develops logic skills.From the entry supercurricular
  • His interest in the railway was ostensibly a hobby, but people began wondering why he was taking photos of specific trains and specific equipment.From the entry ostensibly
  • He does woodwork as a hobby.From the entry woodwork
  • My biggest hobby is video gaming.From the entry video gaming
  • He enjoys going to the shooting range, but these days the price of cartridges and the price of range time have dampened his enthusiasm for the hobby.From the entry shooting range
  • I'm an adult that wants to enjoy her hobbies IN PEACE!2025 March 22, @MaskedIntrovert, X (post), archived from the original on 03 Sep 2025. From the entry MDNI
  • Use your fame to indulge your daughter's hobbies or why even be famous?2024 February 13, Elizabeth Logan, “Channing Tatum Brought His Daughter Everly to an Anime Premiere Like the A+ Dad He Is”, in Glamour. From the entry A-plus
  • BookTok seems to be a gateway to a reading hobby for many users.2022 February 1, Lara Mellett, “Inside the World of BookTok”, in Trinity News, Trinity College Dublin, page 13. From the entry BookTok
  • "That could be a new person, crush, or a new hobby," says Sarfo.2022 December 27, Jackie Lam, “Adults With ADHD Are Getting Very Candid About How It Can Affect Their Relationships And Sex Life, And This…. From the entry hyperfix
  • “Piano is fine, but you need a hobby that makes you strong, that makes you sweat.2016, Jill Penrod, The Lion and the Ladybug, page 80. From the entry like one means it
  • The personalization of language allowed by conlanging is what draws many conlangers to the hobby.2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan…. From the entry conlanging
  • You think the fFoundation licence has made a mess of your hobby?2011 December 22, Gordonjcp, “What on earth?”, in uk.radio.amateur (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025. From the entry September That Never Ended
  • It was indeed Aubrey's principal hobby, and allowed him to air his unorthodoxies.2009 January 13, Geoffrey Goodman, “Aubrey Morris”, in The Guardian. From the entry unorthodoxy
  • DUBLIN, Ohio, June 2 — Will MacKenzie’s hobbies include heliboarding in Alaska and surfing in Hawaii.2007 June 3, Damon Hack, “For Free Spirit, the Tour Is the Latest Adventure”, in New York Times. From the entry heliboarding
  • Antony van Leeuwenhoek initiated the herculian task of 'microscope making' through his inherent hobby of 'lens making'.2007, Ashutosh Kar, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, New Age International, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry herculian
  • Examples of serious leisurists are the hobbyists who fully dedicate available time and effort to their hobby.2006, Clayne R. Jensen, Outdoor Recreation in America, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry leisurist
  • He referred to the matter of flag design as “my pet hobby”.2005: Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, volume 12, page 1 (North American Vexillological Association). From the entry vexillographer
  • The miniaturist's hobby is as varied as the people who pursue it.2004, Catriona Hall, The Miniature Costumier: Removable Clothing for Dolls' House People. From the entry miniaturist
  • Um, I can't think of a hobby with more diverse interests than ours.2004 March 6, Jeffrey Henning <jeffrey@henning.com>, “Re: Was Tolkien a good conlanger? (was: Re: Good Books”, in Conlang mailing list…. From the entry neography
  • It could be said that the pen became his second hobby horse.1999, Lewis Carroll Studies, number 1, page 60. From the entry scribblemania
  • Smaller and less powerful falcons included the merlon, the hobby, and the kesterel.1991, Thomas S. Henricks, “Sport in Feudal England”, in Disputed Pleasures: Sport and Society in Preindustrial England (Contributions to…. From the entry merlon
  • For instance, Philately is the most popular hobby of the world.1990, Desh Bandhu, Harjit Singh, A. K. Maitra, editors, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development, New Delhi: Indian…. From the entry Ngo
  • According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.1990, David Cohen, Being a Man. From the entry DIY
  • That interest has exceeded its original bounds as a hobby; now, Dr.1986, California Physician, page 48. From the entry quackbuster
  • Will stickermania mature into an enduring hobby or wither on the vine?1984, Boys' Life, volume 74, number 10, page 46. From the entry stickermania
  • Hobby Lobby made a slight motion with his left hand and the swarthies froze in the desert.1980, The secret of Sam Marlow: The Further Adventures of the Man with Bogart's Face, page 12. From the entry swarthy
  • Is buffery a hobby, a vocation, a stage of development or a pathology?1979, Take One, volume 7, page 35. From the entry buffery
  • Incidentally, the camera manufacturers have had a new worry—that they might "kill off the hobby," as U.S.1961, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 15, number 12, page 34. From the entry bug

Meaning of hobby

  1. noun An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
  2. noun An extinct breed of horse native to the British Isles, also known as the Irish Hobby.
  3. noun Synonym of hobby horse (“a favorite topic”).

Full definition of hobby

Questions about hobby in a sentence

How do you use hobby in a sentence?
Hobby is used as a noun. For example: “I like to collect stamps from different countries as a hobby.”
What is a short sentence with hobby?
“give up your hobby”
What does hobby mean?
Hobby means an activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hobby (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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