poor sport
Example Sentences
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I know he was hurt, but what a poor sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
“It wasn’t like he was a poor sport, whining or anything.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2021
Spitting in a cup at Doral in 2007, or being a poor sport after losing an Open playoff to Padraig Harrington later that summer?
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 6, 2019
Let her have her anger and stay distant but polite; the obvious irrationality of her complaint against you will not persuade any reasonable people that you are a bad parent or a poor sport.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2017
The few deer that were killed from time to time offered us but poor sport, and their meat was not sufficient for our supply.
From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid
