more sportive
Example Sentences
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And is there a consciousness more sportive and splendid than Tom Stoppard’s?
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018
Almost at its door is a stream stocked with rainbow trout �a fish far more sportive than Adirondack pike.
From Time Magazine Archive
In English literature Dryden is the writer who most recalls him, though rather in his higher than in his more sportive moods.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
In others, again, it flashes and sparkles, more sportive than tender.
From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel
The air was clear and invigorating; I was feeling braced up and buoyant; and as for Jip and Bang, I never saw them in a more sportive, energetic mood.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
