sporty

Example Sentences

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But Dad convinced Celia to sign up to work with the sports teachers, to make her college applications look more “cohesive” next year, since her extracurriculars are more sporty than artsy.

From Literature

He said he had loved his girlfriend, who was very sporty and that they had planned the trip together.

From BBC

The car — first introduced in 1964 at the New York World’s Fair as a sporty, compact coupe with just a little bit of an edge — is given a hero’s treatment.

From Los Angeles Times

Georgia said: "I'm not that sporty but I grew up in a rugby family, so I think I was attracted to the full impact aspects of ice hockey - like the fights between players."

From BBC

What I can say is that this EV sails along smoothly and quietly while somehow feeling sportier than my Mustang Mach-E or the Tesla Model Y I tested a few years back.

From The Wall Street Journal