How to Use good sport in a Sentence
good sport
noun-
The Chiefs star was a good sport about the running joke.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023 -
Not since Hamm & Bublé has Michael Bublé been such a good sport.
— Vulture, 13 Aug. 2023 -
And like a good sport, the target laughed it off as they were shown on the jumbotron.
— Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 30 July 2024 -
Mark Wahlberg is a good sport about his kids' constant jabs.
— Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024 -
Booker seemed to be a good sport about the allegations as fans had a bit of fun in the thread.
— Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 -
First things first: Hyundai nailed one of the top marks of a good sport compact: its sense of occasion.
— Peter Nelson, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024 -
Said guest is a good sport elsewhere in that episode, but that sequence feels like it was written in 1987.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Your child can learn how to be a good sport with consistent practice.
— Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024 -
Alba was a good sport about the confusion and said Gardner was very polite.
— Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023 -
Thom Yorke was a good sport about it the first time, jokingly asking if someone forgot to pay the power bill.
— Daniel Kohn, Spin, 9 Aug. 2023 -
Mother Nature should be a good sport for the 3x3 basketball players in Paris.
— Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 16 July 2024 -
Jason Kelce was a good sport after losing a Super Bowl bet with his brother Travis.
— Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Apr. 2023 -
Tom Brady is a good sport, even when he's being completely roasted by friends and comedians.
— Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024 -
Jeremy was a good sport and really dove into those waves fearlessly.
— Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Ferrell was a good sport about the onscreen bullying, and Gardocki appeared in another small role in Ferrell's film Land of the Lost a year later.
— Katie Rife, EW.com, 25 July 2023 -
Warren Principal Patricia Angelini was a good sport and got a pie in the face on the morning announcements courtesy of the top student fundraisers!
— Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024 -
Cannon is typically a good sport about being the butt of many frequent-fathering jokes these days — and his famous friends are usually among the biggest culprits!
— Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Nora downplays it, but Arthur is understandably a little jealous, a little worried, but also an exceedingly good sport about the whole thing.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023 -
Despite criticism and former proximity to Harris, Williams has remained a good sport amid the controversy.
— Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 24 July 2024 -
Gerber’s Brittany is a leggy supermodel type played by an actual supermodel, and there’s a good sport lurking beneath her cool-girl veneer.
— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
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