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Example sentences for "sportsman"

Lexicographically close words:
sportings; sportive; sportively; sportiveness; sports; sportsmanlike; sportsmanship; sportsmen; sportswoman; sporty
  1. If now a sportsman came, who had shot the bird, you would be more quickly convinced that the bird does appear in the district, even though the sportsman were a liar.

  2. Now this is just a parallel: I know that you are loyal and sportsman to the backbone; I want you to be the Nelson of this 'crush.

  3. I know I can't order you--but I know that you are a sportsman, and as a sportsman you will not give me away.

  4. But it is in the shooting and fishing exploits that the sportsman and his illustrator shine most.

  5. In the intervals of calm I still fished, and even descended to what a sportsman considers incredible baseness: I put a "sinker" on my line.

  6. The sportsman will perhaps learn from this incident that there are plenty of trout in Cape Breton in August, but that the fishing is not exhilarating.

  7. In that moment the sportsman is supposed to shoot the deer.

  8. I explained that a sportsman would not be likely to shoot a gentleman in his own house, with bird-shot, so long as quails were to be had.

  9. It would be false modesty in a sportsman to say that I was not equal to the occasion.

  10. As he was afraid of their exhausting his supply of powder, he was compelled to act as sportsman for the party.

  11. Mr Baker's skill as a sportsman was frequently called into play by the natives, to drive off the elephants and hippopotami which infested their plantations.

  12. THE SNIPE Old Baron des Ravots had for forty years been the champion sportsman of his province.

  13. By their action the farmer cultivates his fields, the mechanic wields his tools, the sportsman pursues his game, the orator gives utterance to his thoughts, the lady sweeps the keys of the piano, and the young are whirled in the mazy dance.

  14. For this reason, a sportsman will pursue his game miles without fatigue, while his attendant, not having any mental stimulus, will become weary.

  15. Small flocks are for ever flitting about and swimming on the water, and at a gunshot, they rise in such clouds that the sportsman involuntarily clutches his hat with one hand and utters a prolonged Pshaw!

  16. During the whole time of my conversation with the poor old man, the sportsman Vladimir had been staring at him with a contemptuous smile.

  17. The sportsman ran round, entered the gate, and saw the old farmer trimming the prop, the ladder just placed against the tree, and caught sight of the palace of King Kapchack.

  18. So the sportsman entered the orchard, left his gun leaning against a tree, and running down to see if he could find which way the drain went, came upon the old gentleman, and caught sight of the extraordinary nest of old King Kapchack.

  19. While they were talking the sportsman looked up several times at the nest above him, and felt an increasing curiosity to examine it.

  20. The Emperor, a cockney sportsman on the largest scale, shot at the pigeon and killed the crow.

  21. There was an original motive to double blessedness set forth in the advice of a veteran sportsman in one of the border counties.

  22. I thought"--the sportsman stammered, and stopped.

  23. The same personal pronoun answered for the sportsman and the husband.

  24. He was a keen sportsman and motorist, and was much interested in aviation.

  25. Their brother sportsman being very busy, he made excuse to Doyle and his companion, telling them there was nothing to be done in their way till the evening, desiring them to be patient.

  26. And you are a sportsman still, but it is the sport of a dreamer, and a mad dreamer too.

  27. Garnett, if odd in manner and character, had always been a true sportsman though not a lover of sport.

  28. The exceptional attractions which the Northland holds out to the sportsman are certain to contribute largely towards the discovery and development of the natural resources of the country.

  29. The value of The Tourist Sportsman as a means of Publicity for Undeveloped Country.

  30. In the summer of 1889, a well-known English sportsman set out upon a trip to Great Slave lake district with the object of making some explorations.

  31. That Shakespeare was both a sportsman and a naturalist, there is much evidence to show.

  32. A sportsman is oft-times more or less a naturalist.

  33. To the general reader these terms may appear synonymous, but to the sportsman and naturalist they have a very different signification.

  34. The speaker being evidently of opinion that a snipe was too insignificant a bird to the sportsman to warrant his taking much trouble to kill it, except for mere sport.

  35. Nature's liberal supply sufficed to satisfy the moderate demand, and the sportsman always returned home well pleased.

  36. The flowers of the Sportsman are furnished with very large coloured bracteae; and this is the most singular deviation of structure which I have observed.

  37. The seat was my chief joy, it was of the racing variety, some former sportsman having done away with the tool box that had served as one!

  38. When his tea was over he would indulge himself in half an hour's nap, with the Times open at the leader page on his knee, and go up to dress, feeling every inch of him a sportsman and an English country gentleman.

  39. Unathletic as he always had been, he was sportsman enough not to hesitate an instant between the two alternatives; and on again looking out of the window, saw his way down at a glance.

  40. He’s as good a sportsman as either of you, at heart,” she said warmly.

  41. Woolwich; but this need excite no astonishment, as every sportsman is aware of the wonderful difference in the accuracy with which smooth-bored fire-arms carry balls, and for which no satisfactory reason has ever been advanced.

  42. I felt you were a sportsman as soon as I saw you.

  43. That is the second time I have been called a sportsman within twenty-four hours.

  44. For a moment the big sportsman glared at him, contemplating a mad rush, at the risk of a bullet through his breast--but only for a moment.

  45. Fletcher yelled, and clawed the sportsman in the face.

  46. Not so fast," said the sportsman coolly, and with astonishing swiftness he advanced his heavily booted right foot, and thrust it across the threshold.

  47. Her cheeks and brow were crimson; but she faced the big sportsman with something of defiance in her attitude.

  48. There was no turning over and going to sleep again for him, for he had to get a load of provisions and some kit in to his camp on Teakettle Brook before night; for he was expecting a sportsman from the States along in a few days.

  49. On the following morning, while the New York sportsman and the trapper were busy over the intricate job of removing the hide from the moose head, and cleaning the skull, Rayton invented an excuse for going over to the Harley place.

  50. It crashed and banged against the wooden steps and the plaster walls; and before its clattering had ceased the big sportsman himself was halfway down the stairs.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sportsman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adventurer; archer; athlete; batter; battery; beater; bettor; catcher; center; coach; competitor; courser; end; fullback; gambler; guard; hunter; jumper; lineman; outfield; piker; player; plunger; pugilist; quarterback; racer; sharp; sharper; shortstop; speculator; sport; sportsman; tackle; tinhorn; tipster; tout; wrestler