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Meanings of make sport in English

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Usage of make sport in English
1
The wind seemed to make sport of her, to laugh at her.
The Way of the Wind
2
When he is blind he shall dance to us and make sport.
Fifty-One Tales
3
It would be to make sport of statecraft,' said the lord chamberlain.
The Princess and Curdie
4
Why did you deceive us this morning, and make sport of us?
Dr. Dumany's Wife
5
Haven't you learned better than to make sport of your mother, boys?
Little By Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
6
On the contrary, they began to halloo, and to make sport of it.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
7
He replied,-Itis hardly generous in you to make sport of me, Maxime.
The Clique of Gold
8
We will do everything we can to make sport everyone's game.
The Guardian
9
At first I hid my wretchedness lest they should make sport of me.
The Day of Wrath
10
It is one thing to answer enquiries, another to make sport of enquirers.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
11
Are you going to make sport of me into the bargain?
Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E...
12
But there, I mustn't make sport of such a serious matter.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
13
Had they wished to deceive him, to make sport of him?
The Saint
14
Was she not sensible to make sport of her husband's sport?
The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 5 (of 5)
15
They make sport of the Scriptures and slander the sayings of the Holy Ghost.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
16
Chase came along, and didn't make sport of me, either.
Savage
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