Example Sentences

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Like Sister Sylvester’s 2014 karaoke play, “Dead Behind These Eyes,” this show sugarcoats its serious intent with oddball sportiveness.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2015

There had always been method of a sort in his sportiveness.

From Time Magazine Archive

This sportiveness, not common in algae, makes it an entertaining pet.

From Time Magazine Archive

It began in sportiveness, but before long became deeply serious and interesting.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

I cannot express the manly indignation of the worthies we left in there at such sportiveness.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth