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Synonyms for sport
Synonyms: Verb
dally, disport, frolic, play, recreate, rollick, skylark, toy
Synonyms: Noun
dalliance, frolic, frolicking, fun, fun and games, play, recreation, relaxation, rollicking
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Examples of sport in a Sentence
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She showed up at the party sporting a bright red hat. from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resortNoun
She likes to play sport. Ice-skating with friends is my favorite sport.
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Today, Meghan Markle had a baby shower in New York City, likely at The Mark Hotel, where she was photographed sporting a chic all-black look. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "Meghan Markle Is Reportedly Having a Second Baby Shower," 20 Feb. 2019 While most creatures and spells will sport one of these colors, there are some exceptions. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "How to Play 'Magic: The Gathering': Everything You Need to Know," 19 Feb. 2019 Just this past week, Camilla Parker Bowles stepped out sporting the brand's Mini Venice bag—the same style that Meghan Markle wore in Cardiff last year. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Meghan Markle, Camilla Parker Bowles, and More Royal Family Members Have a New Favorite Bag Label," 2 Feb. 2019 Back to the chaos elsewhere, one front-row fan sported a Patriots jersey while wearing a Rams head mask. — Barry Wilner, The Seattle Times, "Media night more like a mosh pit and Mardi Gras," 29 Jan. 2019 Lenovo has unveiled refreshed 13.3-inch ThinkPad L390 and L390 Yoga notebooks for business customers, now sporting Intel’s latest Whiskey Lake processors while maintaining two conveniences from their predecessors, the ThinkPad L380 and L380 Yoga. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Lenovo gives its affordable ThinkPad L390 notebooks a boost with Intel Whiskey Lake chips," 17 Dec. 2018 Carson's comment about Adam's look came just one night after the coach sported a green-and-black striped polo, black jeans, and two chain necklaces. — Kelly O'sullivan, Country Living, "'The Voice' Host Carson Daly Called Out Adam Levine in Front of Everyone," 2 Dec. 2018 The second-generation Formula E car has double the battery capacity, sporting 56kWh versus 28kWh for the first-gen machine. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, "This video shows just how much quicker the new Formula E car is," 15 Nov. 2018 Some users have complained that their Pixel phones have been aggressively quitting background apps despite sporting 4GB of RAM. — Michael Simon, PCWorld, "Google offers Pixel 3XL users free Play Store credit, promises bug fixes 'in the coming weeks'," 6 Nov. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That said, football is still the most popular sport for high school males. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "What a lifetime of playing football can do to the human brain," 4 Feb. 2019 So Ben did what any sports-crazed father would do—enlist the help of a few friends to completely transform his son's room into a Patriots paradise. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Jennifer Garner is Creeped Out By This Chair in Her Son’s Room—And So Am I," 15 Feb. 2019 Trends that may seem popular, like circuit weight training, core training, and sport-specific training, all fell out of the top 20 this year. — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, "The Top 10 Fitness Trends for 2019, According to Fitness Pros," 1 Nov. 2018 In the image, Robbie is clad in a neon pink sports bra with a clear plastic coat featuring multicolor ribbon trim at the shoulders and HQ's signature red lipstick. — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, "Margot Robbie Shares First Look at New Harley Quinn Costume for Birds of Prey," 28 Jan. 2019 In the stands were sports fans, as well as the suited folk from the business side of the industry. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "The Bold and the Beautiful Style of Professional Bull Riders," 7 Jan. 2019 If any of your sports bras have hook-and-eye closures, use a lingerie bag. — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, "9 Things To Know Before Throwing Gym Clothes In The Laundry," 2 Aug. 2018 Speaking of sports, though, Big Red Machine did the theme song for a soccer podcast called American Fiasco, about the United States' 1998 World Cup effort. — Carrie Blackmore Smith, Cincinnati.com, "A different kind of Big Red Machine is back," 13 July 2018 The 570S Spider is a bona fide exotic for a super-expensive-sports-car price. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "The McLaren 570S Spider Is Your Just-Won-the-Lottery Car," 12 Dec. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sport.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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