gonna
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of gonna
A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of the phrase in continuous rapid speech
Example Sentences
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And two, it’s to cause immeasurable fear, rage and chaos in the “SNL” writers’ room…They probably had a big State of the Union thing they were gonna do.
From Salon
“It was just gonna be us, but we thought we’d invite the guys, too,” Knight said.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are at a precipice right now that if you say to your employees there’s not gonna be any job disruption, I think you lose all credibility—because all of them get it that there’s going to be,” Schulman said in a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year.
“Being able to step in at a time like that ... we trusted the fact that she was gonna go out there and do her job.”
From Los Angeles Times
“After Christmas we put it together and the kids made a run, but we changed our system. I told them we’re gonna do something unconventional and I put in the old Loyola Marymount offense. The kids resisted at first but eventually they bought in.”
From Los Angeles Times
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