How to Use doozy in a Sentence

doozy

noun
  • They say the snowstorm tonight is going to be a doozy.
  • Some of her comments have been real doozies.
  • Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy.
  • And the year ahead will be a doozy.
    — David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 5 Jan. 2026
  • And boy oh boy is that outcome a doozy.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Oh boy, this one was going to be a doozy.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That’s more of a doozy, and far less likely.
    — Angela Hatem, Parents, 10 Feb. 2026
  • As grudge matches go, this one was a doozy that turned snoozy.
    — Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The Browns chose a doozy of a time to come back from their bye week.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2020
  • There was a real doozy a couple weeks ago.
    — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • The batter misses one, then hits a doozy.
    — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Still, this spring has been a doozy even by the club’s usual sub-standards.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
  • That was a doozy of a storm, dropping over three feet in the last 72 hours.
    — oregonlive, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Being a parent of more than one child will always be a doozy.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
  • As if this weren’t enough of a doozy, the month comes to a close with the moon peaking in your sign.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • Looking for a place to live, fortune throws him a doozy of a predicament.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Lendl and her team also saw that the planet’s host star itself was a doozy.
    — Paola Rosa-Aquino, Popular Science, 5 Oct. 2020
  • As Wednesday painfully proved, though, the first time is a doozy.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2019
  • The crowd will be amped, and the game itself is expected to be a doozy.
    — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • That being said, writing this list has been a gluttonous doozy.
    — Andre James, Charlotte Observer, 13 Apr. 2026
  • While many unique features help the house stand alone, the primary one is a doozy.
    — Tj MacIas, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This is based on a statement from one of the jurors, and that statement is a doozy.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Jan. 2018
  • The final month of the season is here and the stretch run is setting up to be a doozy.
    — Josh Land, baltimoresun.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The Illini may have bigger goals, but this one was a doozy to get through.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Scientists already knew this could be a doozy.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Oil prices have fallen for five straight days now, and Thursday’s drop was a doozy.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Week 6 of the college football weekend was a doozy.
    — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The first week of February was a doozy in markets.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • No one ever decreed that the first deal of the trade deadline season has to be a doozy.
    — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 June 2022
  • This past Sunday's Game of Thrones was a doozy, to say the least.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 May 2019

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'doozy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: