How to Use sporting in a Sentence

sporting

adjective

• It wasn't very sporting of you to trip him.
• Small apartments are best suited to toy breeds or small members of other non-sporting dogs.
  — Star Tribune, 23 Apr. 2021
• Their sample sizes are small and, of course, there is no science to connect political and sporting events to weather.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2018
• My dream has always been to develop the model, in both an economic and sporting sense, as far as possible.
  — SI.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• Watch any broadcast of an NFL game – or most sporting events, for that matter – and many of the ads are geared toward men.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2020
• Sports are an ideal form of fitness, as most sporting events range from 45-60 minutes in duration.
  — Philly.com, 24 May 2018
• The Lhasa Apso is a non-sporting dog breed originating in Tibet.
  — Katelyn Chef, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
• Alaska sport fishing licenses are available at most sporting goods shops, even many grocery and convenience stores, and online, of course.
  — Josh Niva, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2020
• The same is true across all other non-sporting departments, where the competition for labor is against the total labor market, and not just athletes with a unique skillset.
  — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• The center provides a variety of services for rural Fermanagh residents and offers space for social and sporting events.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 13 Oct. 2019
• The new investors represent the latest show of support for WinView as the company promotes a different way for fans to play alongside sporting events.
  — Michael J. De La Merced, New York Times, 14 May 2017
• The event was derided as an anti-sporting spectacle by some critics, yet both Tyson and Jones appeared to handle themselves capably and safely.
  — Greg Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2020
• Sports programming typically has live viewership of well over 90%, and that is primarily how sporting events are sold to advertisers.
  — Joe Flint, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2017
• The show includes honorees, finalists and winners in more than 20 sports and also will recognize non-sporting excellence in a variety of categories.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2021
• The show includes honorees, finalists and winners in more than 20 sports and will also recognize non-sporting excellence in a variety of categories.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2021
• The New York Auto Show joins a growing list of cultural and sporting events around the world that have been canceled or postponed due to the widening global pandemic.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 10 Mar. 2020
• Chicago is one of the finest restaurant cities on the planet, a city of fantastic neighborhoods and great people and a vibrant cultural and sporting life, including polite wagers on federal indictments.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2017
• The Coachella music festival was postponed until October, as the outbreak affected plans for cultural and sporting events worldwide.
  — Chris Stanford, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
• Turnbull & Asser was established during a time in Britain's history when the ruling class preoccupied itself with the minutiae of correct dress for social and sporting events.
  — Craig Montague, Town & Country, 22 July 2014
• Revenue from non-sporting events stood at €22million in Atletico’s most recent annual budget, excluding concert ticketing, which has not previously been a revenue stream for the club.
  — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Tottenham Hotspur’s co-sporting director Fabio Paratici is set to complete a move to Fiorentina at the start of February, once the January transfer window has closed.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
• Inter has teamed with Italian menswear brand Canali, created a new digital ecosystem that has won it a significant increase in video views and user engagement and has launched non-sporting merchandise such as streetwear accessories to accompany the rebrand.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
• News of Paratici’s decision to leave Tottenham so soon after he was formally brought back into the fold by the club as Johan Lange’s co-sporting director in October came as a real surprise this winter.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Paratici only officially resumed working for Spurs in October following the end of his 30-month ban from football activity, taking up a role alongside Johan Lange as co-sporting director.
  — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
• The sporting, hound, toy, non-sporting breeds and junior showmanship competition will be judged on Saturday, and Sunday's coverage will include all working, terrier, herding, miscellaneous and overall Best in Show.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
• Fiorentina have also approached Tottenham’s co-sporting director Fabio Paratici about a surprise return to Italy to head up their football operation, a little over two months after his re-appointment at the Premier League club.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
• Tudor worked with Tottenham’s old co-sporting director Fabio Paratici while assistant to Andrea Pirlo at Juventus in the 2020-21 season.
  — David Ornstein, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
• Due to the acceleration of cord-cutting, and the unique importance of the 2020 US presidential election, there is no guarantee debates in future years—or any non-sporting event—will be able to generate such a significant viewership on linear TV.
  — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 29 Sep. 2020
• Then there is Chelsea’s unique executive structure, with co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart heading up an increasingly sprawling brain trust overseeing everything from recruitment to injury prevention and management.
  — The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
• Chelsea handed long-term contracts to their sporting leadership team, with co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart committing to the club until 2031, along with senior recruiters Joe Shields and Sam Jewell.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025