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

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

Moreover, he’s an ineffective and unsatisfying dissenter, often coming across as little more than a poor sport.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2016

The gesture prompted a torrent of commentary about Radwanska as rude, icy and a poor sport.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2013

Partridge shooting began last week, but poor sport is recorded.

From Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir