He had always considered reading a private pursuit, except in the school, and found this eagerness upsetting.

Basil Wickramsinghe was a man of private and scholarly pursuits.

He can similarly abandon any sustained or constructive attention to the community in favor of purely private pursuits as do many others.

"Many occupations are unpaid, private pursuits or public service."

Musicology, like many other forms of scholarship, is largely a private pursuit.

Equally, reading for me is an essentially private pursuit, so I was at first reluctant to discuss it.

But if she did, it was a private pursuit.

His life was almost solely dedicated to the private pursuit of knowledge.

You chose to abandon your family and your work for private pursuits.

He spent the remainder of his life in private pursuits, such as painting and writing.