How to Use hobby in a Sentence

hobby

noun
  • Take a course or try a new hobby.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
  • What if work did feel like a hobby?
    — Harvard Business Review, 30 Dec. 2025
  • But, these hobbies use hands in the same way.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Ain't no one got time for that kind of hobby.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This is not just a playful hobby to him.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • My hobbies are the ones that empty my head.
    — Zoya Hasan, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The hobby inspired him to learn how to ride a horse.
    — Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 27 June 2026
  • Sometimes a hobby is more than a refuge.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • In those days, music was a mere hobby.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe fencing will be the next big weapon-y hobby sport?
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • And so, actors have got to have hobbies.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Dane says wine was his dad’s paying hobby.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • My new hobby came, thrillingly, with the need to buy new gear.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • Some hobbies are meant to stay untouched.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • This hobby pairs well with others, too.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 18 Jan. 2026
  • When asked about her out-of-the-pool hobbies, Shin paused.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Certain hobbies trend year by year.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Margo has time to have hobbies.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 30 May 2026
  • There’s no shortage of great hobbies.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • There’s no shortage of great hobbies.
    — Jolie Kerr, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Drewitt’s hobby has always been birds.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • Or perhaps this is the moment to take up a new hobby.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026
  • With any luck, 2026 could be the year of the hobby.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Spend more time on hobbies this year, Virgo.
    — Glorious Hoshiko, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2026
  • People have guns as a hobby, as a social thing.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • For him, the band was a hobby, and his family came first.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The scale of the event underscores just how fast the hobby has grown.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
  • As with all hobbies, picking out the tools is often the most fun part.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Joining a class, club or pairing up with a friend makes hobbies stick.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • My new hobby is keeping houseplants alive, which is not easy.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 12 Feb. 2026

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