Example Sentences

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Conditioning skates, wind sprints, whammies, two-and-a-halfs, bag skates — many names for the basic, infamous drill where one goes up and down the ice at high speed.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2022

The list begins with two whammies: no poverty and zero hunger.

From Slate • Aug. 16, 2019

As deeply serious as it is deeply funny, “Get Out” is perfectly timed to jolt audiences out of their midwinter blahs, delivering classic genre whammies with a generous serving of cultural critique.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2017

There are other whammies probably that I haven’t mentioned.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

“Actually, as many whammies as you could come up with.”

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2012