How to Use comport in a Sentence

comport

verb

• Written policy for the use of the wrap comports with that law.
  — Megan Schrader, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2017
• That theory doesn’t comport with the facts, then or now.
  — Stephen Moore, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2018
• The more time ticked by, the more ridiculous my initial angst over how to comport myself in the bathhouse seemed.
  — Brian Blickenstaff, Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2012
• That doesn't mean exercising them is wise or comports with the rule of law.
  — NBC News, 10 Apr. 2018
• Cornyn said the reason was that some of the text in the draft bill did not comport with the agreement between the negotiators.
  — Arkansas Online, 31 July 2021
• That’s the right attitude, though her votes did not always comport with her rhetoric.
  — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2017
• And how in the world is the next generation going to comport itself?
  — Chuck Plunkett, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2017
• That vision of our cities does not comport with what our cities currently look like.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 17 Oct. 2022
• Almost the way his actions -- just the way he's comported himself.
  — NBC News, 11 Mar. 2018
• This does not seem to comport well with a model of expansion from southern refuges.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2012
• The fact that Biden received a small bump would comport with previous studies on the rally-around-the-flag effect.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
• But Hoskins comports himself like a player who has played 1,117 major-league games.
  — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, 25 June 2018
• Now, Rosenstein did not comport himself very well there.
  — Fox News, 1 July 2018
• History does not tell us how the dog comported himself in the canoe.
  — Mike Hendricks, kansascity.com, 6 May 2017
• That kind of timeline wouldn’t really comport with its intent to release a report before the end of the year.
  — Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Oct. 2022
• That theory seems to comport with the way Felton framed the project in his Business Builders interview.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2022
• At the very least, this ruling comports with parental desires that their kids attend to their belongings.
  — Cincinnati.com, 26 July 2017
• But first the Rottweiler must learn how to be a fancy show dog, and part of that training involves learning how to comport himself in the show ring.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 24 May 2018
• Sure, Harden didn’t comport himself very well in forcing his way out of Houston.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2021
• But logic and the cutthroat politics of New York do not always comport.
  — Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 14 May 2018
• This isn’t my way of excusing the manner in which the U.S. team comported itself during the late stages of the most lopsided game in the history of the World Cup.
  — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
• Trying to make a nice-looking curve out of the starts and stops of self-driving car adoption does not comport with what will really happen.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
• My guide, Andy Potts, has also been a huge role model and mentor, teaching me not only how to be a triathlete but how to comport myself in the sport of triathlon.
  — Allyson May, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• And there is no sign that reality will start comporting with the GOP’s predictions any time soon.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2018
• How people comport themselves in public life — as in private life — matters a lot.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Nov. 2020
• Mann’s estimate for Body G (female, 6 or 7) also didn’t comport with any of the house’s occupants.
  — Bronwen Dickey, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• Much of the whistle-blower’s memo also comports with the existing public record of the call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky.
  — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2019
• Much of the whistle-blower’s memo also comports with the existing public record of the call between Trump and Zelenskiy.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• The texts released late Thursday also appeared to comport with elements of the complaint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2019
• Bondi told the paper in a phone interview Saturday that the demonstrators' actions didn't comport with the lessons taught by Mr. Rogers.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024