Word Finder - sporting

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To amuse oneself, to play.

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children sporting on the green

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To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

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Jen sports with Bill's emotions.

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To display; to have as a notable feature.

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Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat

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To divert; to amuse; to make merry.

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To represent by any kind of play.

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To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

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To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.

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To close (a door).

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The act of taking part in a sport.

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Pertaining to sports

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He got a job in a sporting goods store.

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Exhibiting sportsmanship.

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Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.

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Having a reasonable chance of success.

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You think he has a sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!

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Fair, generous; ‘game’.

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It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

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(obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.

The Sporting Life are running a free to enter comp.

The Olympic Games is the biggest sporting spectacle in the world.

Sporting rights will pass to the lessee unless reserved.

Now, Mr. Boyle was a sporting neighbor who spent a good deal of time in shooting.

Sporting groups include badminton, basketball, bowls, carpet bowls, football, hockey, netball, table tennis, tennis.

It seems very regrettable that so many sporting events are now arranged to take place on the Lord's Day.

The big screen will remain for major sporting events, however.

These serious messages were enlivened by introductory shots of Progress crossing the Channel and closed with Chris Coburn sporting his now notorious yellow sou'wester!

There is already a buzz in and around Bath ahead of a clash that will renew an old sporting rivalry.

Conair suppliers pledged £ 9,000 for John to have a complete makeover that resulted in him sporting a completely shaved head.

Yet the Swift manages to look individual in a complex world, and that rounded snout gives errant pedestrians a sporting chance of survival.

With large numbers of sometimes excited spectators, sporting venues still have the potential for disaster, not least from fire.

The traditional instrumentation, incorporating a strip speedometer, was replaced by a more sporting design.

The Society is extremely active and organizes many social, sporting and charity events throughout the year.

His main area of work is the buying, selling and managing of agricultural and rural land and property including sporting and mineral interests.

However, this policy does not cover sporting or dangerous activities, for which you are advised to seek additional cover.

Leeds University is one of the biggest university campuses and consequently offers excellent sporting, entertainment, and cultural facilities.

The Myreside Club exists to promote recreational, sporting and social activities among its membership, which includes former pupils, parents and staff.

We want to nourish their artistic, scientific, sporting and other abilities.

So far, representatives from the business, cultural sporting and youth and community sectors have all partaken in events in Gilbert and Newtownabbey.

The term charity operator shall be defined as an organization of a charitable, social, sporting, religious or political nature.

The broad educational experience provided by the College enables each girl to develop her talents, be they academic, sporting or creative.

Cover is worldwide and extends to include the educational, administrative, sporting and social activities of the University, including ownership of property.

She is also well-known for her pictures of children on the beach and summer sporting events such as Ascot and Henley.

It's simply a case of whether you like high quality sporting games.

This modern stylish sports timepiece has been designed to endure the extremes of a 21st century sporting lifestyle.

No, really, said the sporting superstar.

That's not too much of a deal-breaker, however, as you can easily purchase gel seats at sporting stores.

Usually sporting small screens, Portable GPS devices can be used anywhere.

Most sporting goods store and golf specialists have a section dedicated for testing clubs.

Not only will you find those types of coupons for toys, but also for electronics, housewares, appliances and sporting goods.

That's not to say your local sporting goods store don't offer wholesale pricing; they may if you decide to purchase a minimum number of items.

There are also been countless sightings of celebrities sporting Ed Hardy clothing.

To develop artistic, musical and sporting abilities of all children.

No other area of business or sporting venue can boast a bigger attraction or more diverse gathering than Brunton Park Stadium on matchdays.

It was odd for me back then to see a man not sporting a beard.

It was Saturday, April 27, 1946, a golden day in the nation's sporting calendar.

Next we want to your women's football pics, in order to celebrate the sporting carnival that is Euro 2005.

Sporting an experienced and talented cast, the show has developed a strong, borderline fanatic.. .

Craig Doyle is the Irish charmer who has moved from presenting Holiday on BBC1 to become one of the Beeb's main sporting anchorman.

You, on the other hand, a pretty good actor, seem to be sporting increasingly ridiculous coiffures.

Mine's a flat cola A whole range of drinks can boost sporting performance, claim their makers.

Sporting clients from all over the world visit our beautiful country to stalk deer in the wild and remote corries in the Scottish glens.

The sporting credentials are topped in this model - the Sport 250 - by twin tail pipes.

A local Derby is just a sporting contest between local rivals.

For the first time in his sporting life Arthur could not dislodge his competitor for the first team spot.

Coca Cola is set to add fizz to a major sporting event this summer.

The outlaw gang pose in bowler hats, sporting elegant three piece suits with watch fobs, resting their hands on the carved chairs.

Shop online for sporting and fashion footwear for men, women, juniors and children.

He was a representative of the tougher element of the sporting fraternity.