How to Use dabbler in a Sentence

dabbler

noun
  • Not dabblers in the slave trade, tycoons of the slave trade.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Those who crossed the bridge would go on to master geometry; those who didn’t would remain dabblers.
    — James Somers, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Due to their tall and lanky nature and feet that extend well beyond the body, whistling ducks don’t look very much like their fellow dabblers.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
  • For all his musical genius, John Lennon was more than just a dabbler at visual art.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Her mother, a spiritual dabbler, believes that Khristen died and then came back to life.
    — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2021
  • At once a brilliant send-up of the horror genre and a loving homage, this film will satisfy enthusiasts and dabblers alike.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2023
  • With this background now, understanding what’s on the menu for dabblers and divers becomes a little easier.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Having a few Iraq War dead-enders and dabblers in race science around keeps things fresh and interesting.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2020
  • As with many art manifestoes, dabblers were separated from the rigorous, the serious art from the kitsch.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • By contrast, many people involved in real estate investing have a dabbler’s mindset.
    — Clint Coons, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • But both albums were designed to take a curious kid, or a casual dabbler, and turn them into a stark raving Beatles freak for life.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The growing phenomenon has also resulted in an array of tragedies in recent years; both in the realm of the professional and the dabbler.
    — Fox News, 5 June 2019
  • Most dabblers become obsessed with finessing beautiful objects and seldom think about its context or consequences.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz at Work, 19 May 2020
  • This kind of vertical inquiry—narrow and deep—goes against Blegvad’s natural inclination as a dabbler.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Probably the main difference between a real estate investing pro and a perennial dabbler is that the former think in terms of investment rather than cost.
    — Clint Coons, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • First-time Instagram dabblers, experts, influencers, and celebrities use this medium to connect with others and build a notable presence.
    — Jon Stojan, The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2023
  • Habitat Both black-bellies and fulvous whistling ducks are classified as dabblers and, therefore, prefer shallow freshwater ponds and marshes.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
  • There are some great picks, starting with some for the dabbler −those who just want to check the bracket while concentrating on pool or darts or watch a novelty game during March Madness.
    — Rose Kennedy, ajc, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have also personally been high-profile dabblers in health and longevity.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Another distinction between the dabblers and divers, albeit to this writer an unfair assumption, is that puddle ducks make for much better table fare than do divers simply due to diets.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Luckily Facebook is out there on the cutting edge, posting puzzles to encourage dabblers in the burgeoning field of computational erotics.
    — Annalee Newitz, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2007
  • Uniquely handsome, challenging on the wing, widely distributed, and excellent on the table, the canvasback is the paragon of diving ducks, just as the mallard symbolizes the dabblers.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Nov. 2023
  • There are licenses to be acquired if a seller is more than a casual dabbler or wants to buy from wholesalers, and research to be done into sourcing, demand and competition in various items, among other things.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
  • To facilitate these foraging expeditions, a diving duck’s legs are positioned farther to the rear of their body than would be a dabbler’s, whose mid-body legs make walking on dry, soggy ground much easier and less clumsy.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The mandate at Hammer & Stitch is to craft exacting pub-style ales and lagers whose quality appeals to the demanding craft beer enthusiast but whose approachability also piques the palate of the dabbler.
    — oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Intel, the main dabbler in such CPUs in recent years, pushes the performance envelope with these chips, but without introducing significant changes to the silicon.
    — PCMAG, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Goethe was a passionate geologist; Voltaire performed scientific experiments; but today, someone without specialized scientific knowledge is seen as a dabbler.
    — Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
  • In 1937, Stalin, himself a former dabbler in the language, reversed course on Esperanto and herded its speakers into gulags on account of its internationalist appeal.
    — Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Some CEOs are using tokens to track how their teams are deploying AI, from the productive tokenmaxers overhauling their departments to the tone-deaf dabblers squandering compute on useless projects.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • Supporters had campaigned for Merlin to be allowed into the Azteca to witness Mexico’s final group game — but the dabbler found his free passage impeded on Wednesday evening by FIFA regulations.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026

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