good sport
noun
1
: a person who is not rude or angry about losing
2
informal + old-fashioned
: someone who is kind or generous
Be a good sport and let him play with you.
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After being in contention at the U.S. Open last year and waiting in the clubhouse to see if he’d be headed to a playoff with eventual winner J.J. Spaun, MacIntyre proved to be a good sport.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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
Kendall Jenner is a good sport.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
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
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Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
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
Kendall Jenner is a good sport.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026
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
See All Example Sentences for good sport
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“Good sport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20sport. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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