Example sentences for: americanism

How can you use “americanism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An editorial described the missile attacks as a disaster: "The hasty resort to violence shows that yet again the US is failing to grasp the political reasons for Islamic anti-Americanism.

  • Thus, kick the bucket is listed in the category E29e Pork (because of its presumed etymology, Slaughtered pigs are hung by the heels from the bucket or beam) while go west appears under G12e Sunset, bite the dust (questionably defined as brought low) appears at C10f Winning and losing the battle, buy the farm (which I cannot find in the OED ) is listed under E7a Land (where it is labeled as an Americanism, confuting my understanding that it originated with the R.A.F., early in WWII), and cash in your chips/ checks goes under K77c Roulette (which might be all right for a British English classification, but I think that Americans would expect to find it at K81 Poker ).

  • The worst and most embarrassing--if these sorts of things can still embarrass publishers -- is “spel-ling,” which occurs at Americanism and again at your or you're ?, from which it is picked up for reproduction on page xi of the front matter.

  • This was not a call for action, however, but a nostalgic evocation of the Italian anti-Americanism of the past.

  • The paper also foresees a rise in Russian anti-Americanism.


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