Sentence examples for whammy with from inspiring English sources

Beekeepers are fighting this double whammy with insecticides, but wild colonies have no defenses.

It's a double whammy, with a transfer of skills to the other side that neither HMRC nor government can afford to ignore".

Brown faces a 'triple whammy' with the poll in May, followed by the vote on the finance bill in June and a vote on detaining terror suspects for up to 42 days.

The first confirmation came with the announcement that this year's fantasy bra is a double whammy, with two sets valued at $2m ( approx. £1.2m) each and described as encrusted with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and 18k gold; with Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio modelling them.

To put as much as we did into the game, having to fight and scrap against continuous long balls coming at us, and then to get hit with a double whammy, with Chico sent off, that was very tough on us".

The city will be facing what Bloomberg calls "a triple whammy" with the police, who will have to do without expected large raises, who will likely be retiring in large numbers owing to a quirk in their pension plan and who will be hearing attractive offers as the market for private security grows.

Five years ago, with Mean Girls, Tina Fey looked as though she might be shaping up to fill that role, and of course last year she scored a double-whammy with Sarah Palin and 30 Rock.

You can count on them and, really, they're just lulling you into the sense of comfort because they're going to whammy you with fees on the backside.

The cause of the mysterious decline of the honey bee in the United States – and elsewhere in the world – may have been found in the form of a "double whammy" infection with both a virus and a fungus.

BBC1 scored a sporting double whammy yesterday with live coverage of the FA Cup fifth round clash between Arsenal and Chelsea and England's opening match against Italy in the rugby Six Nations Championship.

"You've got a double whammy: Kids with disabilities are not being welcomed into this so-called choice program which is a choice just for some, and then MPS's public schools are becoming increasingly segregated".