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
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
Fishing Now that our heavy labours in building our hut and securing our supply of food were over, we had leisure to indulge ourselves in lighter and more sportive avocations.
From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert
It was impossible for anything to be more sportive, yet more inoffensive, than this dog.
From Anecdotes of Dogs by Jesse, Edward
