good sport
noun
1
: a person who is not rude or angry about losing
2
informal + old-fashioned
: someone who is kind or generous
Be a good sport and let him play with you.
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Wired’s Robbie Gonzalez is a good sport, too, doing better on the speed-climbing wall than most of us ever will.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Corbin has been a good sport; he’s taken the ball every fifth day and has worked hard at his craft.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024
While her Death Becomes Her character isn’t a good sport, Meryl Streep sure is — and drop-dead hilarious at that.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Raphinha essentially lost his place to the La Masia product after Lamine gradually earned starting prominence under Xavi Hernandez, but Raphinha was always a good sport and welcomed the competition.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
Corbin has been a good sport; he’s taken the ball every fifth day and has worked hard at his craft.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 25 Apr. 2024
While her Death Becomes Her character isn’t a good sport, Meryl Streep sure is — and drop-dead hilarious at that.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Raphinha essentially lost his place to the La Masia product after Lamine gradually earned starting prominence under Xavi Hernandez, but Raphinha was always a good sport and welcomed the competition.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Good sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20sport. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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