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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We don’t know what’s gonna ache.
From Los Angeles Times
"I let my teammates down tonight. … It's been a long season. Hate how it ended. t is gonna stick with me for a long time. Can't win with 5 turnovers."
From Salon
Working to piece together a mystery in the fictional town of Ennis as it braces for weeks of endless darkness, she later has a tense exchange with Trooper Evangeline Navarro — played by queer professional boxer turned actress Kali Reis — telling her, “We’re just gonna do this one thing. Work together to close this case. And that’s it for the two of us.”
From Salon
“I’m gonna miss it, definitely,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
"They're all lies and I did not do anything to those little boys and I'm gonna fight it. I'm gonna fight it with a great team, and I'm gonna be exonerated, I know I am, because this is all so wrong and all lies," he said in the video.
From BBC
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