Sentence examples for jingo from inspiring English sources
noun
One who supports policy favouring war.
This was the time ofWe don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do,we've got the men, we've got the ships, we've gotthe money too.It was an illusion: already the United States had surpassed Britain's industrial power, and Germany soon would; and within a year of the quarrel with Russia that provoked these music-hall lines, a large British force was to be wiped out by one of Zulus.
Back in the court after the trial, Mr Okyay told journalists that he himself was against capital punishment.In this section Our lingo, by jingo Germany's new man for the Balkans Can the Serbs get rid of Milosevic?
According to a recent opinion poll, most Muscovites believe there is corruption in the city government, but they would still prefer Mr Luzhkov to Mr Kiriyenko as mayor.In this section Strobe Talbott, deliverer of Russia Our lingo, by jingo Germany's new man for the Balkans Can the Serbs get rid of Milosevic?
Russia's hot and dirty politics Strobe Talbott, deliverer of Russia Our lingo, by jingo Germany's new man for the Balkans Can the Serbs get rid of Milosevic?
Jingo then, the eternal fall-back of the un-blooded, of the inciter rather than the doer of bloody deeds, will be the order of the day.
We talked, as we polished, of those past days: "Do you remember when Jingo, the grey leader of the team, had colic, and Turner the ploughman led her about Blooming Meadow for hours, his eyes streaming with tears because he thought she was going to die?
Perhaps the sound of too many flapping flags has distracted you from remembering this detail.Unlike the thoughtless and intolerant herd, I do not take the jingo-riddled path of flag waving.
It is stated that the President welcomed the anti-jingo speeches made by Senator Nelson, of Minnesota; Senators Smoot and Sutherland, of Utah; Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, and other Republicans.
Music snobbery has, like a lot of subcultures, a jingo-laden, elitist downside, but for some reason music snobbery tends to anger people more than, say, comic-book collecting or film snobbery.
Music snobbery, which Alexandra Molotkow writes about in this week's Riff column, has, like a lot of subcultures, a jingo-laden, elitist downside.
And just as I type that, the plucky Brit breaks away from the pack on his own on the bike and this might, might turn into something worth jingo-ing about.
