Ray is an avid golfer. From LearnThat.org.
An avid sports fan. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
avid for adventure. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Here are a few titles avid novel-readers will enjoy. From Wordnik.com. [Island Packet: Home] Reference
Nolan and Vietti were described as avid climbers who were deeply religious. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
Only three out of a class of sixteen are what I would describe as avid readers. From Wordnik.com. [Workshop Hacks] Reference
Hyndses, with what in a less polite person might well have been called avid curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Named Smith] Reference
Wiman begins, “All through my twenties I read Basil Bunting with a kind of avid awe.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Note on Christian Wiman’s Reading of Basil Bunting : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
It's also risky to implant it in anyone likely to fall a lot, such as avid skiers, Dr. Siegel says. From Wordnik.com. [An Implant That Hits a Nerve] Reference
For fragrance snobs lineal descent is plotted with the kind of avid interest that racehorse breeders take in bloodstock lines. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume: Start Making Scents] Reference
Last week I presented at an event that was full of avid people and I got an earful from an "avid" FCP hater. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference
There was a meagre, passionless dulness about the aspect, though at times it quickened into a kind of avid acuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia — Complete] Reference
This is harsh, I realize, but I feel it needs to be said: if someone is an "avid" or "voracious" reader, they actually AREN'T. From Wordnik.com. [Swistle] Reference
Kayaking has also made me an avid environmentalist. From Wordnik.com. [When Protecting Wildlife Gets Personal] Reference
An avid chess player, he'd been studying the board for years. From Wordnik.com. [Arnold's Earthquake] Reference
J.K. is not an avid gamer, but she's surrounded by people who are. From Wordnik.com. [Harry's Got Game] Reference
Perhaps the most avid -- and successful -- ancestry hunters are the Mormons. From Wordnik.com. [Roots Network] Reference
Sometimes even avid skiers are forced into participating in other activities. From Wordnik.com. [Frozen in Nine] Reference
The weekly news parody's 360,000 avid readers (in print and online) know it is. From Wordnik.com. [Shed No Tears] Reference
Clinton was an avid movie-watcher, and regularly invited pals over for screenings. From Wordnik.com. [Making The White House A Home] Reference
Despite the avid fans and constant media attention, Europe still holds humiliations. From Wordnik.com. [Monica Madness] Reference
Today, Danny is a good student, an avid soccer and baseball player, and a happy kid. From Wordnik.com. [Preemies Grow Up] Reference
Paulson says he was on vacation -- an avid bird watcher, he was traveling to Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [Street Fighting: Into the Hot Seat] Reference
An avid (though not particularly accomplished) skier, he preferred icy vertical slopes. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney's Cheney] Reference
An avid reader, Sila devoured American romance novels with a tinge of jealousy and confusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Kindest Cut] Reference
So AT&T may well get its ruling and watch Malone, an avid yachtsman, sail off into the sunset. From Wordnik.com. [But What Will We Tell The Kids?] Reference
An avid reader of history, McChrystal has read Karnow's book, but he has also read many others. From Wordnik.com. [The Surprising Lessons of Vietnam] Reference
My husband, an avid sportsman, joked that Ernie would wait for him to clear a path through the brush. From Wordnik.com. [Grieving For A Pet? I Won't Roll My Eyes.] Reference
WHEN IT COMES TO international events, sometimes even daily newspapers don't satisfy the avid reader. From Wordnik.com. [A Russian Hot Line] Reference
The son of a Navy dentist in San Diego, Froistad was a computer whiz and avid chess player in high school. From Wordnik.com. [A Chilling Cyberspace Confession] Reference
One avid believer is Chris Serfontein, 27, who manages production at Coca-Cola's bottling plant in Kampala. From Wordnik.com. [The Color Of Fear] Reference
Not too long ago, CDROM software was CD what? to everyone but research librarians and avid readers of computer magazines. From Wordnik.com. [It Can Rom, But It Can't Hide] Reference
Surprisingly, some of the most avid fans of this faux musician exercise are actual musicians; the game is a fixture on tour buses. From Wordnik.com. [Music: Common Hero] Reference
If she does, Miz Virginia could become the first First Mother to frequent Pimlico, Baltimore's horse-race track-she is an avid gambler. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton Chic: Southern Comfort] Reference
I confess to being an avid fan of the Statistical Abstract, published annually by the Census Bureau, because it tells so much so quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Suicide, Sex, and SUVs] Reference
His crusade to clean up campaign finance can make Gore sweat, but Bradley will have to answer for his own avid fund-raising over the years. From Wordnik.com. [The Buzz About Bradley] Reference
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