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.
have been sporting
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present perfect progressiveof sport.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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It would have been sporting masochism to pick himself.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
For now, the Dodgers don’t have much other choice but to roll out the same couple lineup variations they have been sporting since the trade deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
Rolovich and a handful of his assistants have been sporting masks throughout camp.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
Of course, it’s a look that footballers have been sporting for years.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2017
I understand you—you would still keep a poor devil in your toils, though in his absence you have been sporting with nobler game.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
