SPORT in a Sentence
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269 example sentences for SPORT, such as:
1. War is the sport of kings.
2. I thought you knew, old sport.
3. All this 'old sport' business.
4. The sport has a very clean image.
5. There'll be some sport reviews on TV.
2. I thought you knew, old sport.
3. All this 'old sport' business.
4. The sport has a very clean image.
5. There'll be some sport reviews on TV.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SPORT
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sport
v. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
n. an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
Classic Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1 I was scarcely hid when a young girl came running towards the spot where I was concealed, laughing, as if she ran from someone in sport.
2 I thought you knew, old sport.
3 "If you want anything just ask for it, old sport," he urged me.
4 "Look here, old sport," he broke out surprisingly.
5 "All right, old sport," called Gatsby.
6 "Oh, hello, old sport," he said, as if he hadn't seen me for years.
7 "It's the funniest thing, old sport," he said hilariously.
8 He was now decently clothed in a "sport shirt" open at the neck, sneakers and duck trousers of a nebulous hue.
9 "Don't talk so much, old sport," commanded Gatsby.
10 "There's sport for you," said Tom, nodding.
11 All this 'old sport' business.
12 "I've got something to tell you, old sport,----" began Gatsby.
13 But both of us loved each other all that time, old sport, and you didn't know.
14 I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport.
15 You must remember, old sport, she was very excited this afternoon.
Example Sentence: (163 in 11 pages)
1 The ANC are attacking rugby because it is the soft underbelly of South African sport.
2 You spend a disproportionate amount of your time on sport.
3 There'll be some sport reviews on TV.
4 Few women can understand a grown man's love of sport.
5 War is the sport of kings.
6 British culture now appears to revolve around the unholy trinity of sport, shopping and sex.
7 We must put more money into the sport if we want to create the tennis legends of the future.
8 The committee has been charged with the development of sport in the region.
9 She's not especially interested in sport.
10 The media still regards women's sport as a sideshow to the main event.
11 Becoming a baseball fan was a byproduct of my research into sport on TV.
12 The sport has a very clean image.
13 These examples serve to indicate that the voluntary sector in sport is very diverse.
14 At first glance it would seem that sport must involve a victim, which rather explains why boxing is considered sporting.
15 Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.