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.
• The Yukon gets a double whammy, with no chums and no kings.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
• The bottom of the fifth was a double whammy for Terre Haute North.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
• The next drive was a double whammy for the Ravens, or a triple whammy.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• Cool and damp can be a double whammy for these types of plants.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 July 2023
• 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
• Food banks are grappling with the double whammy of higher prices and more need.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
• That simply is not the case with the Heat, which tends to be a double whammy, while also playing small.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
• The dearth of news and game reveals is likely due to a double whammy from the pandemic.
  — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
• Democrats face a double whammy in next month’s midterm elections.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• Milk goes in smoothies and hemp seed goes in smoothies, so Good Mylk’s Hemp Mylk is a double whammy.
  — Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 15 Jan. 2022
• Add some chili crisp from XCJ to the top of your perfect bite, or even some spicy zhoug, which packs a double whammy of herbaceous heat.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
• Still, the double whammy of losing Lewis and Ginsburg feels like a turning point.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• The Knights didn’t get the news until after their loss, an unfair double whammy.
  — Chad Lindskog, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2021
• The Milwaukee Brewers had the double whammy of opening day and fans in the stands for the first time in 555 days working in their favor.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2021
• Rain can melt a fresh snowpack - a double whammy, as residents have to contend with the moisture both from the rain and what was stored in the snow.
  — Scott Dance, Matthew Cappucci, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Mar. 2023
• The drop in Bitcoin can be a double whammy for Bitcoin miners.
  — The Motley Fool, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2022
• The Oscars faced the double whammy of starting an hour earlier and the switch to Daylight Savings Time.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
• In much of the world, oil is paid for in dollars, and the combination of rising prices and a strong dollar is a double whammy that brings pain and not much else.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• If one of these new variants comes in on top of that, Europe could end up with yet another double whammy.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2022
• Meyer, with most of his six staff and 70 or so satellite crew members on furlough, faces a double whammy.
  — Leanne Italie, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
• The staff shortages are a double whammy for hospitals and nursing homes.
  — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2022
• Pfizer and Moderna would be three-dosers; J&J, a double whammy or more.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2021
• While salicylic acid helps shed dead skin, coal tar slows the growth of diseased cells that form plaques on the skin—a double whammy for those looking for relief.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 13 Feb. 2023
• Alabama and Clemson have already played 15-game seasons, thanks to the double whammy of a league title game and the four-team playoff.
  — John Zenor, Chron, 9 Aug. 2021
• But after the double whammy of winter and quarantine, it's never felt so true.
  — Jennifer Berno Decleene, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2021
• The belt-tightening is a double whammy for purveyors like Chua.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2020
• Investors in Wayfair are getting hit by a double whammy.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 5 May 2022
• However, in April 2019, Smollett was hit with a double whammy of lawsuits.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
• Injuries to key players and youth in the secondary have created a double whammy effect.
  — Star Tribune, 10 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024