How to Use fair play in a Sentence

fair play

noun

• And for years, there hasn’t been a lot of fair play in this country.
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
• But as the proverb goes turnabout is fair play, and at least two cats are now well aware of that.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 28 Jan. 2020
• The fee schedule is set in the interest of fair play for all schools.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 15 Feb. 2023
• Remember the rules of fair play and abide by them no matter the cost.
  — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2020
• Expect grace notes; the kind of fair play that became a hallmark of the Tokyo Olympics.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• Keep an open mind and do your best to strive for equality and fair play.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
• She's got a lot to say about what all this means about fair play in the Olympic spirit, in just a few moments.
  — James Brown, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2022
• Loss of faith in knowing that fair play will prevail has damaged our sport and our morale.
  — Kaitlyn Weaver, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
• While turnabout seems fair play, that just isn’t the American Way.
  — Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
• This view of fair play is also sensitive to the high entry cost of the PC market.
  — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
• Strive for peace of mind, fair play and overall happiness.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2019
• So, that was pretty shocking, but this seems like turnaround is fair play.
  — Fox News, 16 Mar. 2018
• Take a look at the two: Talking about fair play, Senegal got knocked out because of more yellow cards (6) than Japan (4).
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 28 June 2018
• The point of musical chairs is to teach children fair play and sportsmanship.
  — Bernice L. McFadden, Longreads, 7 Aug. 2021
• And that is not a political statement, that's just fair play.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2020
• Japan and Senegal were tied on all tiebreakers except ‘‘fair play points,’’ based on yellow and red cards.
  — Anne M. Peterson, BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2018
• There are helmets and pads for protection; drug tests to ensure fair play.
  — Amy Bass, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• The fair play points, which was calculated by the number of yellow and red cards for each team in the tournament.
  — Pete Grathoff, kansascity, 28 June 2018
• Everything from basketball to foursquare to monkey bars was fair play with that group of children and the Beavers.
  — Mikayla Pivec | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2020
• Make sure the topper is small enough so the bottom rug gets fair play—meaning the smaller one is about two-thirds the size of its counterpart.
  — Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Hands, feet, and bats are all fair play in knattleikr, and all can be used either to move the ball down the field or to stop an opponent from scoring.
  — Katie Rife, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2022
• Well, in the interest of fair play, here are the odds for the Stanley Cup, as provided by BetOnline.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019
• There is a win at all costs attitude that goes against the principles of sportsmanship and fair play.
  — Sarah Hughes, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2022
• The rules that govern fair play are voted on, agreed to and expected to be upheld by all NCAA member schools.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• There are rules, not just etiquette standards, for sportsmanship and fair play.
  — Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2022
• But there is no rule of war that requires Russia to simply treat this behavior as fair play.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 4 Mar. 2022
• Yet the fair play violations were surging even faster than the number of overall games.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
• If there’s an opportunity to gain an edge, the Patriots will take it, rules and fair play be damned.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2019
• Though lessons of fair play and sportsmanship are still taught in the schoolyard, the guiding light of professional sports has become money, not morality.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2024
• Is this fair play or foul? Babies not being great conversationalists at the best of times, Miss Manners would have thought 10 parents, hot babies and all, could have improvised a party on their own while young Jethro finished his nap.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 10 July 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024