Examples of sportive in a Sentence

a sportive pastor who began every sermon with a joke

Recent Examples on the Web These expedition-style vessels attract nature-minded, science-curious and sportive travelers, who revel in the great outdoors. — Laura Manske, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2021 In Montagne des Français, the exclusive habitat of the northern sportive lemur—a seven-inch tall, grayish-brown animal known for its shrill screams—patrols have identified areas newly denuded for charcoal production. — Dina Fine Maron, Animals, 14 Dec. 2020 About 80 percent of these sportive lemurs have been wiped out during the past two decades because of habitat loss and hunting, and fewer than a hundred are thought to survive today. — Dina Fine Maron, Animals, 14 Dec. 2020 In general, the ride quality is sportive but not punishing. — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 23 June 2020 There is, from the outset, a sportive tension to the relationship between the two women. — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2020 The path there is a sportive mash-up of fact and fiction. — Maya Phillips, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020 The reader is also provided essential details about Heller’s memorial service, where to send donations, and who survives him — but even these particulars are delivered in a sportive spirit of fun-poking and wit. — NBC News, 21 Sep. 2019 This acquisition will generate economic and financial effects starting from 2018/2019 sportive season. — SI.com, 27 June 2018

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