sportive

Example Sentences

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She was strumming her guitar and in the middle of a sportive preamble to the first surprise song of the show.

From Salon

“With no thought of buying, the eye is sportive and generous; it creates; it adorns; it enhances,” Woolf writes.

From Los Angeles Times

Etape Loch Ness is Scotland's largest closed road cycle sportive, taking cyclists on a route around the Loch, finishing in Inverness.

From BBC

The sportive rhythm of the show doesn’t preclude tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times

Dad Michael is planning to raise money for Kidney Research UK by entering the 75-miles Tour O The Borders sportive on 5 September with Luke's best friend from primary school, Liam Ross Campbell.

From BBC