Sentence examples for instead of sporting from inspiring English sources

Many charged that the Games resembled well-rehearsed shows instead of sporting contests.

Instead of sporting orange like those around him, he wore a white shirt that said, "I Don't Want Him".

Instead of sporting Rita's viking-esque horned headpiece, Banks rocks a severe sleek ponytail accented with gold strips and wears a fully green ensemble complete with spiked shoulders.

Instead of sporting overalls (the hottest item of 2013), why not opt for a pair of shortalls to let your legs breathe while the temps rise?

Instead of sporting his long curls, McConaughey showed off a cropped haircut, which we must say, makes him look years younger.

Instead of "sports", though, the logos read "Lovers Direct" or "Haters Direct".

He added, apparently with no irony, that he hated politicians who turned the national soccer team into "a flag of antiracism instead of sport".

If one wanted to be uncharitable one could even say that Assassin's Creed is basically a Grand Theft Auto knockoff with gondolas instead of sports cars.

"A lot of kids are reaching for energy beverages instead of sport drinks, which unlike the energy drinks are mostly water with a nominal amount of sugar and electrolytes," he said.

The event evoked memories of Ping-Pong diplomacy, which helped lead to the restoration of relations between the United States and China in the 1970s, with music instead of sports as the bonding agent.

And then how about a full-screen car chase a la Steve McQueen but with, instead of sports-car, a brass bedstead driven hecticly, loonily, by La Rue? Director: Freddie Carpenter.