Above all, they reveal how complex a role photography can play, even as a mere hobby practiced in an out-of-the-way village.

Involvement in this Latin revival can be a mere hobby or extend to more serious projects for restoring its former role as an international auxiliary language.

He also began to forge paintings-something that had been a mere hobby until then-signing them "Adolf Hitler".

Many of Keaton's interests are too intensely pursued to be categorized as mere hobbies.

As the collection grew from the basement into two upstairs bedrooms, it was clear that this was no longer a mere hobby.

This is no mere eccentric hobby that you have, it is a genuine vocation.

The sale proved fantasy sports had grown from a mere hobby to big business.

What is to me a means of livelihood is to him the merest hobby of a dilettante.

This is no mere hobby: this is a full-time job, Martha Stewart for men.

But there was, in truth, much more to it than a mere hobby.