Example sentences for: kung

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

  • The warless !Kung San hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari Desert, once romanticized as The Harmless People , were found a few decades ago to have homicide rates between 20 and 80 times as high as industrialized nations.

  • (Between the Leicesters and Bill Gates, the notebook was owned for a dozen or so years by Armand Hammer--who, with his unerring flair for the ludicrous, insisted it be called the Codex Hammer and claimed that he had retained a squad of elite commandos trained in kung fu and armed with Uzis to guard it round the clock.)

  • Da Mo, who was probably a legendary rather than actual figure, is also heralded as the founder of kung fu (wushu), a system of hand-to-hand combat that was later modified to produce the immensely popular form of exercise that millions practice every morning throughout China — taiqi (tai chi), sometimes called “shadow boxing” in the West.

  • The school wouldn't let me take the class--I could only watch--but that was better than Temple Kung Fu, which made me sit for an interview before they'd even reveal any information on their classes.

  • Kung Fu


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