Example sentences for: sported

How can you use “sported” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Yokels, for example, are called hicks in America and hodges in England; and because workhorses once often sported the name Robert , we call a prototype horse Old Dobbin and our ancestors called rocking horses hobby horses .

  • I trust I'm not spoiling the surprise when I tell you that he's top-billed Kevin Costner, complete with sandy hair and a slightly deeper tan than the one he sported as a golf pro in Tin Cup . He bears the Harlequin moniker "Garret Blake" and works on boats in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and speaks with winsome gentleness--but he can throw a punch when he has to.

  • The paper mentions a case in which a robbery victim remembered the getaway car sported a tag with mountains on it, which would have ordinarily have been a great tip--except that 14 states now have plates like that.


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