How to Use hangover in a Sentence

hangover

noun
  • She woke up with a hangover.
  • In the meantime, enjoy the rally—and watch out for the inevitable hangover.
    David Z. Morris, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2020
  • For political junkies, the post-election crash hits like a hangover.
    Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • In Russia, a glass of pickle juice from a jar of gherkins is a traditional hangover cure.
    Sam Romano and Hayley Wilson, CNN, 14 Nov. 2020
  • The 49ers are still trying to get over a massive Super Bowl hangover.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The leaves, bark and fruit of the Japanese raisin tree have a long history of use as a hangover cure in Eastern medicine.
    Claire Turrell, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2020
  • So, all around the Bay Area (and, of course, across the country more broadly), people woke up with something of an election hangover.
    Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The souring relationship between Australia and China has now left it with a nasty hangover.
    Jacky Wong, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The insurance problem was a hangover from GE’s one-time reliance on financial services to drive its profits.
    Dave Michaels and Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Suppose some of the president’s unidentified advisers suggest that a week is too short a time to prepare for the January bills and a hangover.
    John Wilkens, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Trump-hate among Democrats was high going into the election, a lingering hangover from Trump’s surprise 2016 victory.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 Nov. 2020
  • In fact, the bash is most likely over, and the hangover’s ahead.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 July 2023
  • Maybe for some of us, too much so, and now the hangover has us in its grip.
    Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The Nuggets now have the lead again, and there was no Game 2 hangover on Wednesday.
    Tim Reynolds, ajc, 8 June 2023
  • Of course, the best way to avoid a hangover is to abstain from drinking.
    Stacey Lastoe, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • All of which can help with the hallmarks of a hangover, from the thudding headache to the fatigue.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Their business might even be in for a bit of a hangover.
    Justin Lahart, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The hangover of what-ifs from the Finals lingered for a few weeks.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
  • Cash’s anger didn’t last much longer than a hangover, though.
    Jim Beaugez, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • The danger is the hangover the Rams have while wearing their ring.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
  • But the bar is also the birthplace of the world's favorite hangover cure.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Economic growth has weakened since the 1980s, and will probably be hampered by the hangover of debt, damaged businesses and lost skills because of the pandemic.
    James MacKintosh, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Topo Chico can also be used to make soups, pie crusts and a hangover cure.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 8 Feb. 2021
  • The food, billed as Tex-Mex, is a heavy hangover antidote.
    Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • But the Rams could be flirting with a Super Bowl hangover.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • If a place could look like a hangover, Miami Beach would hit the mark.
    Olivia McAuley, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Ravee Chen is on a mission to solve a problem many of us know too well—hangovers.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • The aftermath of the strike may look less like a party and more like a streaming hangover.
    Jake Coyle, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Others are calling it the hangover, or even the new normal.
    Maren Thomas Bannon, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Inflation as well, the inflation hangover that a lot of Americans are suffering from and feeling about the economy.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024

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