Example sentences for: lingo

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

  • It is something like the zone of current sports lingo in which a tennis player, say, enters a trance-like state, putting him on a roll where he can't miss a shot.

  • Some dismiss Amis' use of police lingo and his intricate story about a suicide investigation as bad parody.

  • McCarthy excels in the laconic, colloquial dialogue of his Texas and New Mexico cowboys, and the untranslated lingo of his Mexican characters generally rings true as well.

  • It's fun to watch these jazzy young actors scrutinize their cards and each other and throw around their poker lingo; and the director, John Dahl ( The Last Seduction , 1994), gives the picture a jaunty tempo and a deep-toned Rembrandt look without ever calling attention to his hand.

  • As a college student familiar with all the latest urban lingo, I believe the proper term to be used in these contexts is "boink."


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