Sentence examples for whammy by from inspiring English sources

The Jonas brothers received a double whammy by being named worst band and having the worst album, according to voters.

Some creatures may be double-whammied by having less of what they like to eat and by the pH itself, amplifying the disruption.

Arbus had met Walker Evans in 1961, counted him a friend, was "whammied" by his 1971 retrospective (though "by the third time I saw it I realized how it really bores me," she confessed), and he cited her in his survey of the eighteen most important photographers in history.

As of midday today, only two films had been acquired for distribution, a comedy about inept highway patrolmen called "Super Troopers," purchased by Fox Searchlight, and a police comedy from the director Tom DiCillo called "Double Whammy," bought by Lions Gate.

Here Cameron's doing a double whammy, partly by calling back to Boris, but also referencing the elephant (well, pig) in the room – Lord Ashcroft's book – without having to directly take the subject on.

That double whammy, initiated by subprime sovereigns, is similar to the 2007–09 U.S. doubleheader in which the first pitch was the collapse in subprime mortgages.

While holding a long note, the player can also use the touch screen to apply a whammy effect by moving the stylus across the on-screen whammy bar or anywhere on the screen.

Ireland's exposure to the banking collapse of 2008 and the bond market challenge of 2010 were an economic double-whammy compounded by the country's increasingly old-fashioned party politics.

Labour's Tax Bombshell and the Double Whammy posters devised by the brilliantly brutish Saatchi campaign team set the tone that year.

According to Ralph Keyes, the author of " 'Nice Guys Finish Seventh': False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations," Romney, with Keynes, committed a double whammy of misquotation, by "putting the wrong words in the wrong mouth".

Star Power can be collected by completing marked note phrases correctly, and by using the whammy bar during sustained notes; Star Power is released by lifting the guitar controller vertically or by pressing the Select button in order to double the scoring multiplier and dramatically affect the Rock Meter.