How to Use avid in a Sentence
avid
adjective
- He is an avid admirer of horror movies.
- They took an avid interest in politics.
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Passafume was introduced to golf as a 7-year-old by his father, who was an avid golfer.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2023
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The internet clearly seems to agree, and now there's a community of avid cucumber stans.
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Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
15 Aug. 2024
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As an avid home cook, my key to maintaining a well-functioning kitchen is proper organization.
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Rachel Trujillo,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Aug. 2024
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Beyond structural changes such as shuttering her doors and adding metal mesh to vents, the avid gardener has made the tough decision to part with her flower beds and lush gardens.
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Shania Baweja,
CNN,
18 Aug. 2024
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Up to that point an avid Alabama fan, Blankenship said the interaction has motivated him.
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Mark Inabinett | [email protected],
al,
7 Feb. 2023
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The treat became chocolate chip cookies made by the nuns and personally delivered to the team each year by Sister Assumpta, an avid baseball fan since childhood.
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Brian Albrecht,
cleveland,
3 Feb. 2023
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The avid golfer will be back on the course soon enough too.
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Dave Quinn,
Peoplemag,
18 Oct. 2022
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Half the users are avid Friends fans scared to finish the video and reveal the tic.
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Carolyn Twersky,
Seventeen,
23 Feb. 2021
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The couple, both in their late 20s, are avid golf fans.
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Chandler Engelbrecht,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Aug. 2022
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Which brings us back to how many an avid home cook needs.
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Adam Rapoport,
Bon Appétit,
25 Feb. 2020
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Last week, the baseball world lost one of its most avid fans.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 Dec. 2020
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Matthew Arjes, an avid hunter, had gone to the event with some friends.
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Bernice Yeung,
ProPublica,
29 Dec. 2021
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Jean loved to golf, bowl and was an avid bridge player.
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Orlando Sentinel,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
14 Jan. 2018
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The pair have been friends for many years and Adele is also just an avid fan.
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Aimée Lutkin,
ELLE,
5 Feb. 2023
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Hurston has been an avid supporter of the arts for 30 years.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 July 2022
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Flight Club was gutted, along with the psyches of some of its most avid fans.
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Los Angeles Times,
17 July 2022
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These book socks make a fun and useful gift for book lovers, avid readers and the like.
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Amber Joglar,
Popular Mechanics,
28 Oct. 2022
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That didn’t stop the avid golfer from helping his teammates.
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Chloe Peterson,
The Arizona Republic,
27 June 2022
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For the avid at-home cocktail fan, this is worth doing.
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Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
5 Aug. 2023
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The Aces already have an avid fan base and sold out five games ahead of the season's start.
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Caitlin O'Kane,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2024
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Karl Lagerfeld was a lot of things, and among them, an avid reader.
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Channing Hargrove,
refinery29.com,
3 July 2019
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Nothing could keep the avid golfer off the course, however.
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Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
15 June 2023
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Family and friends say the avid runner was out for a jog.
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Tribune Content Agency,
oregonlive,
24 June 2020
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Maybe your dad is an avid golfer who needs a more advanced way to keep track of his game.
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Madeline Buxton,
refinery29.com,
11 June 2018
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My wife, an avid cyclist, has been begging me to learn how to ride a bike.
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Josh Newman,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
14 Jan. 2021
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The couple were avid golfers — trophies are clumped on shelves in their space — but that has stopped.
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Ken Budd,
Washington Post,
30 Nov. 2022
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Weathers had a black belt in Shotokan karate and became an avid golfer.
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Vulture,
4 Feb. 2024
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Berhow’s father was an avid hunter who died two years ago.
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John Antczak,
The Denver Post,
16 Nov. 2019
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