Term Gallery logo

Meanings of sporting in in English

We have no meanings for "sporting in" in our records yet.
Usage of sporting in in English
1
I wasn't sporting in the first place- Iwouldn'tlive up to my bargain.
I've Married Marjorie
2
Say: Allah then leave them sporting in their vain discourses.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
3
And the monarch also heard the harmonious cackle of the geese sporting in the lakes.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
4
For this the virtuous and high-souled Hayagriva is sporting in the region of the gods.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
5
Some natives were swimming and sporting in the water.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
6
African birds were sporting in a gilded cage, and singing their sweet little love songs.
Mauprat
7
Numbers of hippopotami were sporting in the water, and crocodiles were numerous on every sandy beach.
Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Sta...
8
She did an amazing job, as always, and that's what I am sporting in the photo.
The Guardian
9
Winged creatures were visible sporting in the sky.
Perdido Street Station
10
To supper, and then to a little viall and to bed, sporting in my fancy with the Queen.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 23: July/August 1663
11
She was soon down the walk, the wind sporting in her light-gold hair, supporting the cobbler on the other side.
Taken Alive
12
When given a sacred subject to paint he filled all the available spaces with child angels sporting in the clouds.
Correggio / A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of t...
13
To see otters diving and sporting in limpid streams is certain to bring the dreamer waking happiness and good fortune.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
14
The ceiling was painted, and represented a number of fat little angels sporting in a sky full of golden stars.
Within an Inch of His Life
15
It was pulsating, emotional, sporting in the very best sense of the word, unspoiled by bad manners or churlish gestures.
The Irish Times
16
This I conceive to be a sort of bison; and if so, the sporting in Borneo altogether is not so bad.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido / For the Suppression of...
This collocation consists of:
Sporting in through the time
Sporting in across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common