Example sentences for: gung-ho

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

  • It is a contraction of gung-yeh ho-dzo , `industrial cooperation, 'and it caught on because it is easy to pronounce, as in 'Nam or the States . 'Nam by itself is no more derogatory or misleading than shortening airplane or telephone or gung-ho .

  • After all, not even the most gung-ho Star Wars booster thinks that a missile shield can screen out eagle-sized airplanes or nukes in minivans.

  • Examples of this type of linguistic osmosis as GI , poop , honcho , gook , and gung-ho , all of which are now understood by a substantial number of Americans who have never been in the military service.

  • His camera becomes increasingly energized, and Bulworth's gung-ho tastelessness takes on an exhilarating life of its own.

  • One gung-ho freshman elected in '94 even gave the clerk of the House a letter of resignation dated January 2001 to demonstrate the sincerity of his promise.


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