Example Sentences

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But the next cowboy up was a doozie.

From The Guardian • May 15, 2015

Tearjerker du Jour: Joshua Johnson is the first spotlight dance of this Dancing with the Season and he has both the pull-himself-up-by-the-bootstraps back story and the dancing chops to make it a doozie.

From Time • Oct. 10, 2012

The chance was a point-blank doozie of an opportunity by Brooks Laich, who was set up by Nicklas Backstrom, but Rinne stopped the puck with ease.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2011