Sentence example with the word 'avocation'

avocation

Definition n. an auxiliary activity

Last update: June 29, 2015


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The room was a-chatter with foreign conversation, the words having nothing to do with national roots but the fanatic avocation of the gathered guests.   [Please select]

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"Tip-top, Dick," said a bright-looking boy, who kept as clean as his avocation would permit.   [Please select]

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"On quiet, harmless, well-behaved thieves," added Lord Thornaby, "in the unobtrusive exercise of their humble avocation."   [Please select]

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Even the daily avocation requires this in order to be fulfilled.   [Please select]

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Red House, beginning to lift out the chairs, in which avocation we all helped, of course.   [Please select]

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His statesmanship was discontinuous, being an interesting avocation rather than a career.   [Please select]

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Grateful for the kindness of the Lemnians, he henceforth took up his abode in their island, and there built for himself a superb palace, and forges for the pursuit of his avocation.   [Please select]

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The objection, that, in a free country, every one ought to be protected in the exercise of his avocation, provided it be honest, is nugatory.   [Please select]

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