sportsmanlike
Example Sentences
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The Grand Slam rulebook states that players "shall at all times conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner and give due regard to the authority of officials and the rights of opponents, spectators and others".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
“A disgraceful spectacle might have been turned into a clean, sportsmanlike game of football,” he wrote.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2020
Players shall at all times conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner and give due regard to the authority of officials and the rights of opponents, spectators and others.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2020
“Not one to chirp at umpires and his teams modeled that same sportsmanlike behavior.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2019
Most of the reporters, and much of the crowd, believed that Riddle had simply balked at the 132-pound impost and didn’t care enough about the consequences of scratching to do the sportsmanlike thing.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
