Example Sentences

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Frank admitted that this method of fishing was not sportsman-like and that he had discontinued the practice.

From Fish Stories by Abbott, Henry

A fisherman will have his fun seeing and photographing the wonderful leaps, and conquering the fish, and when all this is over it would be sportsman-like to let him go.

From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane

This was the real sportsman-like spirit, and it appealed to them.

From The Pony Rider Boys in New Mexico Or, the End of the Silver Trail by Patchin, Frank Gee

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

The difficulties of introducing a sportsman-like ideal have been manifold.

From Tales of Fishes by Grey, Zane