sportsmanlike
Example Sentences
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The Grand Slam rulebook states that players "shall at all times conduct themselves in a sportsmanlike manner and give due regard to the authority of officials and the rights of opponents, spectators and others".
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
“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
