whammy

How To Use whammy In A Sentence

• Our economy suffered a triple whammy this year - we were hit by Sars, the Iraq war, and then the world economic downturn.
• Co-op hits back with its own triple whammy timesonline. Times, Sunday Times
• BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
• But the Conservatives had launched their Labour double whammy and tax bombshell campaigns months beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
• So this week I've had the triple whammy of being busy, edgy and suddenly noticing a few people around seem to be looking unexpectedly good.
• It said the double whammy of a VAT hike and another rise in fuel duty would push truckers and cabbies to the brink. The Sun
• It's never been tried on a scale like this before in the public sector, but D. C.'s 35-year-old [Sivak] hopes unleashing his workers from face-time requirements and office schedules will help him overcome a managerial triple-whammy: punishing budget cuts, a citywide hiring freeze, and the perennial challenge of recruiting talented IT workers to lower government pay. DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 14, 2010
• With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
• But in the 1970s, the double whammy of radio telescopy and a Mariner 10 flyby revealed a wealth of details needing names. Archive 2008-09-01
• It was a double whammy,' the manager said. Times, Sunday Times