Sports
[spɔːts] or [spɔrts]
Examples
- He was famous in field-sports, famous at a song, famous on parade; free with his money, which was bountifully supplied by his father. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She made it her task to attend the sick, comfort the sorrowing, assist the aged, and partake the sports and awaken the gaiety of the young. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her hand is large--it's these modern sports that spread the joints--but the skin is white. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The knights and spectators are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- All field sports were over. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- At these sports there are usually from four to six bulls sacrificed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If you are going for winter sports, he said, Wengen is the place. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was strong and vigorous, fond of outdoor sports, and also considerable of a student. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Cruncher did not assist at the closing sports, but had remained behind in the churchyard, to confer and condole with the undertakers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The yeomen and commons, said De Bracy, must not be dismissed discontented, for lack of their share in the sports. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She lost her gaiety, she laid aside her sports, and assumed an almost vestal plainness of attire. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I did not omit even our sports and pastimes, or any other particular which I thought might redound to the honour of my country. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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