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.
• Thus, in recent months, consumers have endured a double whammy of high inflation and elevated interest rates, making homes, cars and other consumer goods less affordable.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
• The turn of events amounts to a double whammy for the ACA.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2017
• The Yukon gets a double whammy, with no chums and no kings.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
• The presence of the ball gag in Moore's joke is a double whammy.
  — Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 30 July 2018
• 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
• The double whammy forced them to close the tennis shop.
  — Josh Katzenstein, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Cool and damp can be a double whammy for these types of plants.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 July 2023
• Combined with a pass rush stuck in the slow lane, that’s a double whammy.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• 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
• But the double whammy of looting and the pandemic have hurt them, too.
  — Michael Tarm, Star Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020
• 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
• Last week's music world tragedies were a double whammy for Ringo Starr.
  — Gary Graff, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2017
• Democrats face a double whammy in next month’s midterm elections.
  — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• That looked to be the case before Sunday’s double whammy.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Cities need to prepare for the double whammy, the researchers contend.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
• 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
• For another double whammy, try the Devas-Tater, a red sauce pizza with ground beef and tater tots.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 11 Oct. 2017
• The oil patch is getting smacked with a double whammy—the demand shock of Covid-19 and the supply shock of Saudi Arabia’s price war with...
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That is because many consumers outside the U.S. face a double whammy when—like now—the dollar gets stronger at the same time that oil prices rise.
  — Tom Fairless, WSJ, 17 June 2018
• For the past two years, potential homebuyers have faced a double whammy of high prices and high mortgage rates.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 23 July 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024