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

“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

When Manning sets his record on Sunday, the dignified, sportsmanlike thing would be not to interrupt the contest in any way.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2015

Most of the reporters, and much of the crowd, believed that Riddle had simply balked at the 132-pound impost and didn’t care enough about the consequences of scratching to do the sportsmanlike thing.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand