golly

Example Sentences

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It’s an argument that Superman’s golly gee spirit is his greatest asset, no subversion necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

“We can chop it down and, by golly, it pops up again the next day,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

I don’t agree with a lot of what they believe politically, but, by golly, they are personally what we all should be like.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

“By golly, I’m a never-king-salmon,” he said, of his own voting preferences.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2022

Hurrying in, I saw they’d pushed all the parlor furniture back against the walls, Miss Love had put on a new dance record, and by golly she was teaching Grandpa the turkey trot!

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns