whammy - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • suffer: They suffer the double whammy of being denigrated at all social levels and at the same time taxed heavily.
  • face: GCap faces a long-term double whammy to its advertising revenue base.
  • deal: Commenting, Don Foster said: " Confidence in the original Olympic budget has been dealt a double whammy.
  • get: Are all the payments set against UK IHT or is the Estate gong to get a double whammy?
  • have: I had a double whammy with this last bleed.
  • score: With opportunistic good taste, one of the mistresses of the art has scored a triple whammy.

Adjective modifier

  • triple: The Internet is something of a triple whammy to the call center world.
  • double: The final analysis: double whammy for John's, double trouble for Jesus.
  • quadruple: Private housing will receive a quadruple whammy of three tax increases and higher interest rates that should flatten the market outside the hotspots.
  • potential: To his surprise and delight, the same compounds that block pumps also bind these transcriptional regulators -- a potential double whammy.
  • antitrust: This antitrust double whammy is likely to have profound implications for business operations across the continent.

Modifies a noun

  • bar: Almost all of the video games noises were done with a guitar pick or whammy bar, attached or detached from the guitar.
  • effect: Carol Latter explained the double whammy effect on these clients due to the squeeze on the budget of BCC Adult Social Care.
  • tax: As a nanny's wages rise, so the double whammy tax effect gets worse.

Noun used with modifier

  • 'double: Talking of a 'double whammy ' , SCC has just completed the National Gritting Trials on their home turf during April.

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