sportiveness

Example Sentences

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Like Sister Sylvester’s 2014 karaoke play, “Dead Behind These Eyes,” this show sugarcoats its serious intent with oddball sportiveness.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2015

There had always been method of a sort in his sportiveness.

From Time Magazine Archive

This sportiveness, not common in algae, makes it an entertaining pet.

From Time Magazine Archive

The burden of Mona's long years of weary sorrow had been so suddenly lifted away that she could not restrain her thoughts from childish sportiveness.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

With all her gaiety and sportiveness, she had a heart filled with all the tenderest sensibilities of a woman.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay