How to Use double whammy in a Sentence

double whammy

noun
  • With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter.
  • So that was like kind of a double whammy.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Cool and damp can be a double whammy for these types of plants.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 July 2023
  • That’s the double whammy at play here.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The double whammy didn’t keep him down.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Combined with a pass rush stuck in the slow lane, that’s a double whammy.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • And that's a double whammy for someone who's poor.
    — Fatma Tanis, NPR, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Democrats face a double whammy in next month’s midterm elections.
    — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This one is a double whammy safety-wise.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The presence of the ball gag in Moore's joke is a double whammy.
    — Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 30 July 2018
  • This year that profile looks to be ensured by a double whammy.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The double whammy has wreaked havoc on many parts of the islands.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The next drive was a double whammy for the Ravens, or a triple whammy.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • That's double whammy of sort of pressure and also faith in you.
    — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 25 June 2021
  • Food banks are grappling with the double whammy of higher prices and more need.
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
  • For Apple, this is a double whammy.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The double whammy of new recipe and new can style may have been too much for some fans, Quincey noted.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021
  • But the double whammy of looting and the pandemic have hurt them, too.
    — Michael Tarm, Star Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
  • The group is already four years into a good run saving the world when it gets hit with a double whammy.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
  • High mortgage rates then hit the housing market with a double whammy.
    — Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Last week's music world tragedies were a double whammy for Ringo Starr.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Cage-free eggs Colorado faces a double whammy where egg prices are concerned.
    — Jack Buffington, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The dearth of news and game reveals is likely due to a double whammy from the pandemic.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
  • Cities need to prepare for the double whammy, the researchers contend.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The double whammy of high home costs and mortgage rates is pricing many buyers out of the market.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The bottom of the fifth was a double whammy for Terre Haute North.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
  • That double whammy compounds a pressure that was already four years in the making.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The Knights didn’t get the news until after their loss, an unfair double whammy.
    — Chad Lindskog, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Some area restaurants faced a double whammy, closing and reopening their doors in the span of months or weeks.
    — Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Did the double whammy of the pandemic and labor stoppages set you back like a lot of people?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024

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