Example Sentences

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The innocence and humor of this sportful proposal appealed to them at once.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

Beside the cherry-tree the balsams flower,     The rue and mint bloom out a life-time meek; A pleasant place it is at sunrise hour,     When sportful finches wing in hide-and-seek.

From The Dales of Arcady by Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una

The conversation was light and sportful, taking once or twice only, and accidentally, as it were, a political turn.

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William

Some of the young men were throwing sportful boomerangs and spears; large parties were so absorbed in the pleasure of corroboreeing that no notice was taken of the new-comer.

From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

Detached and erratic patches of ripples appear—tiptoe touches of sportful elves tripping from the isles to the continent, whisking merrily, the faintest flicks of dainty toes making the glad sea to smile.

From My Tropic Isle by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)