sportsmanlike

Example Sentences

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And if we see that you become loyal, fair and sportsmanlike to your fellow competitors, then you can stay in this business.

From BBC • May 8, 2024

“A disgraceful spectacle might have been turned into a clean, sportsmanlike game of football,” he wrote.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2020

“Not one to chirp at umpires and his teams modeled that same sportsmanlike behavior.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2019

He was ushered out by the sportsmanlike salutes of the Tar Heels he had just decimated.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

“It just seems not very sportsmanlike, doesn’t it?”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman