kung fu
Example Sentences
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He joined Han's martial arts school as a teenager, drawn by his love of kung fu films.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Could a kung fu master beat a kickboxer?
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
Any kid who grew up in a major city in the ‘70s and ‘80s probably remembers their version of the kind of rundown joints that played kung fu movies nonstop.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
He spent more than a week in Zhengzhou, China, studying kung fu and meditating with Shaolin monks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
“I mean, you don’t have to make it sound like a bad kung fu movie, but yeah, something like that. We been looking for her, but there’s no clues, no sign, nothin’...”
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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