sport
noun
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
had sported
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past perfectof sport.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In 1959, he had sported a mohawk to honor Native Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
The Board of Education of Cambridge, N.Y., recently voted to retire its Indian nickname and mascot, which the predominantly White school district had sported for 80 years.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
Williams, who had sported a bushy beard throughout the regular season, reduced his facial hair to moderate stubble.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2015
During rehearsals, though, Beyonce had sported a sequinned Union Jack top, perhaps in tribute to Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's infamous dress from 1997.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2014
I sat alone in the kitchen, fretting a little against her injunctions, and calling to mind the merry evenings in the parlour at home, where I had sported and gossiped with my comrades.
From The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 by Buckland, A. R. (Augustus Robert)
