How to Use whammy in a Sentence

whammy

noun
  • Richter called it a triple whammy.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The next drive was a double whammy for the Ravens, or a triple whammy.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The triple-whammy began with an apocalypse of smoke and fire.
    — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Sounds like a double-whammy downer.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Better to avoid the double-whammy of having to cancel the same event twice.
    — Philip Galanes, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • This triple whammy made for less of an incentive to build out full protections.
    — Jonathan Fischbein, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Getting in the kitchen can be a triple whammy to nourish the holy trinity of self-care for me.
    — Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2020
  • That’s the double whammy of a stereotype that happens also to be true.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
  • This is a real Prime Day deal double-whammy.
    — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 23 June 2026
  • Texas residential ratepayers are about to be hit with a triple whammy.
    — Robert Bryce, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The reasons are a triple-whammy from the pandemic, experts say.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Wow, talk about a retail double-whammy headache that turned miserable!
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Let there be no doubt I was stoked about the whole thing — even bought a new guitar with the essential whammy!
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Elite fans got a surprise quadruple whammy of good news on Friday morning.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • But nothing beats the pandemic in terms of its unique double-whammy last March.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Today’s domestic stars are a double-whammy for you.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • As bad as the double-whammy of Covid and the pox has been, future viral outbreaks might be even worse.
    — David Axe, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2022
  • Three days later, some residents there continue to suffer through a triple whammy of threats.
    — Amy B Wang, chicagotribune.com, 7 May 2018
  • As far as going through life’s grand stages is concerned, this has been a double-whammy of pain and powerlessness.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Mika told me she was exhausted by the double-whammy of losing her father and best friend only two months apart.
    — NBC News, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The group fires him, and Lucifer, whose powers are back, hits Jimmy with the desire whammy.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Wilton Regan's reign as the new Lara Croft will begin with a double-whammy of games next year.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • The idea to host a triple whammy of a book signing fete came while the pals were holidaying in Sicily this summer.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This Prime Day was a double-whammy, then, as every kind of were available, and some of them at the keenest prices yet seen.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • This recipe makes the most of it, featuring a triple whammy of coconut in the batter—flakes, extract and milk—and a coconut cream cheese frosting.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 5 Mar. 2010
  • Instead, Alcaraz held for 4-4 before Djokovic suffered a triple whammy in the ninth game.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The double-whammy of a late start time and sunset coming an hour earlier means many runners are finishing in near darkness.
    — Kristen Geil, Outside, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This modernist gem, tucked away on Marin County’s Belvedere Island, packs a triple whammy.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
  • Wealthy world travelers ready to roster their homes with top tier staff are hitting the same speed bump, with a triple whammy of factors creating the crisis.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024
  • As entertaining as all these red herrings, double-crosses and triple whammies are, the final act drags a little with a few too many last-minute twists.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023

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