How to Use good sport in a Sentence

good sport

noun
  • Kendall Jenner is a good sport.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Low-hanging fruit, but at least Arnold is a good sport about it.
    — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And like a good sport, the target laughed it off as they were shown on the jumbotron.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 30 July 2024
  • Buck was a good sport about the disdain from Kylie and Philly fans.
    — Natasha Dye, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Your child can learn how to be a good sport with consistent practice.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024
  • At the very least, this was one of the first signs that the actress would be a good sport about all this.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ben is a good sport and even compliments her kissing.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Belly finds Conrad to thank him for being a good sport.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Not since Hamm & Bublé has Michael Bublé been such a good sport.
    — Vulture, 13 Aug. 2023
  • But everyone’s always been a good sport.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Mickey, ever a good sport, simply rubbed his nose and shrugged his shoulders in response.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 17 July 2025
  • Alba was a good sport about the confusion and said Gardner was very polite.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
  • Jeremy was a good sport and really dove into those waves fearlessly.
    — Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 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
  • Johansson seemed to be a good sport, but also a sport who couldn’t help herself from letting a few profanities slip.
    — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Tom Brady is a good sport, even when he's being completely roasted by friends and comedians.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
  • 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
  • Wired’s Robbie Gonzalez is a good sport, too, doing better on the speed-climbing wall than most of us ever will.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Supremely gifted sportspeople everywhere, but good sport needs jeopardy.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Celebrity impersonations are just part of the gig at Saturday Night Live — but not every star is a good sport about them.
    — Julia Moore, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The roast is a chance for a big shot like Brady to show himself to be a good sport—and, in enduring the burn wounds of a public round of insults, to grow a personality.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
  • When someone accomplishes an achievement like the career grand slam, a good sport will congratulate them regardless of their off-the-course feelings.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • All of this is to say, the man is a good sport, and his work in The Fall Guy as stuntman Colt Seavers reflects that amiability.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • His Lions tenure could now end unceremoniously, simply for being a good sport about a bad situation.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Despite criticism and former proximity to Harris, Williams has remained a good sport amid the controversy.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 24 July 2024

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