disport
verb (used with object)
to divert or amuse (oneself ).
are disporting
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present progressiveof disport.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In its waters fish are disporting; and the Indra-jackal, laying aside his meat, plunges in after one of them.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Spruill Fansler
The Harvard eleven have arrived on a tally-ho, and in a few minutes more are disporting themselves like a band of prairie dogs over the campus.
From The Opinions of a Philosopher by Robert Grant
Verily, He hath consented to be sorely abased that ye may attain unto glory, and yet, ye are disporting yourselves in the vale of heedlessness.
From Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
The three Rhine-maidens are disporting themselves in the river while they lament the loss of their beautiful treasure.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by J. A. Fuller-Maitland
In the distant water a large number of animals are disporting themselves.
From Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections by Henry Fairfield Osborn
