was disporting
- past progressive of disport.
Example Sentences
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Despatches, from the steamship Majestic at sea, said rumors that Annette Kellerman was disporting herself in the swimming pool proved false upon investigation.
From Time Magazine Archive
There, far from the grand hotels and caf�s of Pest where Edward was disporting himself, the old Magyars went on stewing in their own sweat, with an occasional spot of tea or Tokay.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day last week, Nero was disporting himself on the public highway.
From Time Magazine Archive
No, there is no way of finding out what Harriet's state of feeling was during the month that Shelley was disporting himself in the Bracknell paradise.
From In Defence of Harriet Shelley by Twain, Mark
I beheld not one ring but two, in each of which the uncommon variety of man was disporting in an entertaining manner.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume II. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
