How to Use sportsman in a Sentence

sportsman

noun

• He was a keen sportsman all his life.
• The complainant last used the gun at a sportsman’s club Nov. 5.
  — Kaitlin Edquist, chicagotribune.com, 20 Nov. 2020
• Jalen Brunson, point guard for the New York Knicks, won sportsman of the year.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 July 2024
• The two men shared a brief, sportsman-like hug over the net after the final set.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2020
• On the hunt for a gift for your favorite sportsman or sportswoman?
  — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
• The video then flits back to 2020, with the sportsman giving a sobering message.
  — Sara Spary, CNN, 3 Dec. 2020
• There are still quite a few sportsmen still out doing their thing.
  — Matt Williams, ExpressNews.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• Public lands allies and sportsmen across the West are fired up about this stuff.
  — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 2 Feb. 2017
• When asked about the hearing aid bill, a spokesman for the NRA said the group is concerned about hearing loss for sportsmen.
  — Patrick Whittle, The Seattle Times, 1 June 2017
• The avid sportsman and hunter grabbed some extra long zip ties from his swamp buggy and cinched those around Boyce’s leg along with the belts.
  — Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• But Josh, an avid sportsman and extreme athlete, was up for the challenge.
  — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2022
• Her father was an avid football player and all-around sportsman, and taught Benglis to throw and sail.
  — Sasha Weiss Sasha Weiss Photographs By Justin French Nick Haramis Photographs By Lise Sarfati Styled By Suzanne Koller Adam Bradley Photographs By D’angelo Lovell Williams Styled By Ian Bradley Susan Dominus Photographs By Luis Alberto Rodriguez Styled By Charlotte Collet, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
• As the handsome sportsman revealed on Instagram, the pair hit up a shop to buy some stuff for their ladies.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Aug. 2023
• Howard was an avid sportsman and spectator up until the very end.
  — courant.com, 30 May 2018
• The disease is also thought to be rather prevalent among sportsmen.
  — SI.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• In a post on Dec. 3, the sportsman wrote to tell his followers and friends to remain calm and positive.
  — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
• The sportsman, with a sturdy build, shaved head and goatee, has long been a commanding presence in the delta.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Dec. 2020
• The sportsman also shared a mirror selfie of the pair posing in a clothing store.
  — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
• Pinks are not an extremely valuable fish to the sportsman.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
• The buck stayed on the wall of the family home until 1973 when Don Broder, one of Ed’s sons, took it to a sportsman’s show and then mounted it in his own home.
  — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
• The genuine sportsman’s voice is seldom heard in the outcry against gun-control laws.
  — Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Harpers Magazine, 11 May 2020
• Cushing told reporters his son was a sportsman who wanted life to be fair.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 1 June 2023
• The Belgian rider is the latest in a line of sportsmen to emerge from a family dynasty with a true pedigree in the sport.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 6 Sep. 2019
• Not done there, the sportsman also showed off his Hublot watch collection.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• The retired sportsman tagged American bodybuilder Phil Heath in the post.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2023
• Friday produced a dramatic turn of events in the sportsman class.
  — Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2023
• Ever the gracious sportsman, Djokovic exchanged a high five with Granollers when the latter struck a winner off a fine drop shot in the third.
  — CNN, 29 May 2017
• All three of those Senators claim to be sportsmen and all three sit on the Joint Finance Committee.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2019
• After getting back home, his father gave him a rifle, believing Crooks was going back to the sportsman club, Abbate said.
  — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
• Unlike most of us, weakened by months of hunger and deprivation, Steven, an experienced sportsman, was strong and big.
  — Marc Marginedas, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024