sportsman-like
- a word derived from sportsman.
Example Sentences
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He merely regarded it as a stroke of ill-luck, and with the true sportsman-like air “faced the music.”
From The White Lie by Le Queux, William
But I had nearly performed a similar sportsman-like feat.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
That is being polite, or, as the big folks say; when they have races, that is being "sportsman-like," and that that is the finest thing in the world—to be really "sportsman-like" at all times.
From Daddy Takes Us Skating by Garis, Howard Roger
Lumley shot a brace right and left, taking the two last that rose with sportsman-like precision.
From The Big Otter by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The difficulties of introducing a sportsman-like ideal have been manifold.
From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane
