Sentence example with the word 'sportiveness'

sportiveness

Definition n. lively high-spirited playfulness

Last update: October 2, 2015


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Angela took her sister's reckless speech for mere sportiveness.   [Please select]

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In its weaker portions Schleiermacher's philosophy is marked by lack of grasp, pettiness, and sportiveness.   [Please select]

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The light from the lamp without flickered on it in gruesome sportiveness.   [Please select]

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He had his hands on his hips and was quietly chuckling at the scene before him, as one who, although old, sympathized with the natural and harmless sportiveness of young people and would as lief as not join in a prank or two.   [Please select]

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An attempt of Dorothy to revive his former sportiveness was the single occasion on which his quiet demeanor yielded to a violent display of grief; he burst into passionate weeping and ran and hid himself, for his heart had become so miserably sore that even the hand of kindness tortured it like fire.   [Please select]

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