Suppose we go around there?"
Cowperwood, who was always genially sportive when among strong men--a sort of bounding collie--and who liked to humor those who could be of use to him, agreed. "It sounds interesting to me. Certainly I'll go. Tell me more about her. Is she good-looking?"
"Rather. But better yet, she is connected with a number of women who are." The Colonel, who had a small, gray goatee and sportive dark eyes, winked the latter solemnly. Cowperwood arose. "Take me there," he said.英文原著 · 《The Titan》
Looking up to determine if I need abbreviate this blissful moment, I saw the enraged animal disappearing in the side door of the barn; and it was a nice, comfortable Durham cow,--that somewhat rare but possible thing, a sportive cow!英文原著 · 《A Cathedral Courtship》
'Great is my esteem of the maiden Towards whose dwelling the north wind blows; She is ever cheerful, sportive, kindly, Without folly, without vanity, without pride. True is her heart--were I under hiding, And fifty men in pursuit of my footsteps, I should find protection, when they surrounded me most closely, In the secret recess of that shieling. EASY IS MY BED, ETC.英文原著 · 《Chronicles of the Canongate》
It is due to the breadth of Hondo Bill's demerit and the largeness of his achievements to state that the holding up of the Fredericksburg mail was not perpetrated by way of an exploit. As the lion while in the pursuit of prey commensurate to his prowess might set a frivolous foot upon a casual rabbit in his path, so Hondo Bill and his gang had swooped sportively upon the pacific transport of Meinherr Fritz.英文原著 · 《Heart of the West》
Fragment #6 -- Strabo, x. 471: `But of them (sc. the daughters of Hecaterus) were born the divine mountain Nymphs and the tribe of worthless, helpless Satyrs, and the divine Curetes, sportive dancers.'英文原著 · 《Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica》
And, sweeter still, through all the day I seem to hear her winsome prattle - I seem to feel her hands at play, As though they gave me sportive battle.英文原著 · 《Love-Songs of Childhood》