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:

  • At the time of the Gulf War, a study showed that a majority of heavy CNN viewers (people who watched seven hours a day) who supported the action believed that Kuwait was a democracy, and the soldiers here are portrayed in a similar state of gung-ho naiveté.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Under the leadership of a gung-ho producer, Cynthia Topping (Ellen DeGeneres), the network holds auditions in public places around the country and comes up with Ed Pekurny (Matthew McConaughey), a 31-year-old San Francisco video store clerk who is cute and unthreatening and unformed.

  • The Clinton administration and congressional Democrats, less gung-ho about the program than the Republicans, have reluctantly acknowledged that a "limited system" might be necessary sooner rather than later to protect the United States from such "rogue nations" as North Korea and Iran.


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