a sportive pastor who began every sermon with a joke
Recent Examples on the WebOn Sunday, as Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev competed for the men’s championship (with Djokovic prevailing in the end), another crew was present to take in the sportive scene.—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023 In 2018, Brooke Eby, a sportive goofball with strawberry-blond hair, started to feel as though her left foot couldn’t keep up.—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023 That was true even in extremely endangered ones such as the northern sportive lemur (Lepilemur septentrionalis) of which only 40 are known to exist, all within 12 square kilometers of Madagascar.—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 1 June 2023 Revel, too, in more sportive jaunts, such as volcano hiking, horseback-riding, zip-lining, rappelling down waterfalls, fishing and white-water river rafting.—Laura Manske, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sportive
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