sportsman
Example Sentences
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“A lot of people paint me as a moderate because I’m a sportsman and I have a deer rifle and I go duck hunting and stuff like that.”
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2025
Kagame describes himself more as a sports fan than a sportsman.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025
"I was not scared. I've been a sportsman so I thought I would be OK. But it was the toughest section," said Gurpreet.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025
More than anything, I will remember him as a sportsman with few peers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024
For the shortest second, the boys thought Flux had given up and taken the lost race like a good sportsman.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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