How To Use Wham In A Sentence

Our economy suffered a triple whammy this year - we were hit by Sars, the Iraq war, and then the world economic downturn.
Slicked-back hair, a bushy Italian mustache, sleeveless Iggy Pop T-shirt, cut to show his shoulder tats - "wham" across the left, "pow" on the right. Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
All yellowhammers have striking, rusty-coloured, unstreaked rumps which are most attractive.
I was happy as a sandboy — beautiful wife, beautiful children, house, secure job, good social life — then, wham, the wife hits me between the eyes with the muscled actor from next door who's been shafting her for months. Disordered Minds
Everything was going fine, had a nice girl, money in the bank and whammo!

Co-op hits back with its own triple whammy timesonline. Times, Sunday Times
BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
Everything was fine until, wham, the wire snapped.
In this country, unless the weather is severe, the birds frequent open country associating with redwings, blackbirds and yellowhammers.
But the Conservatives had launched their Labour double whammy and tax bombshell campaigns months beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
All you need to do is write a guy named Geoff ( "our oil master") at oil@whamcity. com. (no phone calls plz) Pitchfork: Latest News
Dove through the sliding doors and whammed them shut, crouching on all fours, heart beating wildly, peering out at him.
Martin honed his expertise of various banjo styles, such as "three-finger" picking, made famous by Scruggs, and "clawhammer" - also known as "frailing" - a style known for its syncopated rhythms and distinct melodic phrasing that employs the back of the fingernails to strike or strum the strings, and a thumb technique that alternates between the strings. NPR Topics: News
Snipe, red buntings, yellowhammers and even kingfishers are supposedly hereabouts.
So this week I've had the triple whammy of being busy, edgy and suddenly noticing a few people around seem to be looking unexpectedly good.
And just when you think that an evil character might have found redemption, whammo, he comes up with a shard of porcelain. Tuckered out : Bev Vincent
As the Observer reports, it draws on work in the London borough of Newham (inner city and diverse); Cambourne in Cambridgeshire (a new purpose-built community), and Salisbury, Trowbridge and Devizes (rural towns with pockets of affluence). Rude Britannia? Don't you believe it | Observer editorial
Then, whammo, you're hit by a wall of redundancy.
It said the double whammy of a VAT hike and another rise in fuel duty would push truckers and cabbies to the brink. The Sun
But when the Minister scratches a bit of an itch, whammo, she is prepared to dump all over them.
It's never been tried on a scale like this before in the public sector, but D. C.'s 35-year-old [Sivak] hopes unleashing his workers from face-time requirements and office schedules will help him overcome a managerial triple-whammy: punishing budget cuts, a citywide hiring freeze, and the perennial challenge of recruiting talented IT workers to lower government pay. DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 14, 2010
You know what it's like - everything is going along smoothly, you've got no problems and then - wham ! YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
But in the 1970s, the double whammy of radio telescopy and a Mariner 10 flyby revealed a wealth of details needing names. Archive 2008-09-01
It was a double whammy,' the manager said. Times, Sunday Times
I use the "whammy" setting (Pd for Zoom users) of my GFX-1 to do the dives/reverse dives. TALK @ PhilMusic.com - The Online Home of the Pinoy Musician
More than 2,600 linnets, 100 yellowhammers, 229 reed buntings and 1,200 skylarks have been recorded along with smaller numbers of brambling, tree sparrows and chaffinches. BBC News - Home
Maybe these antediluvian creatures were having a good old natter about the ammonite down the road and then WHAM they got fossilised?
Their whammo 30-minute set helped leave a nice funky fresh new wave taste in my mouth.
So, with no radio and a restricted food and water supply, it's - whammo!
The banjo is played in the more rhythmic "clawhammer" style, which has a sound not dissimilar from a chicken clucking. Phawker
BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
That's the final test of the triple whammy. Times, Sunday Times
Burn Through Bring Me My Queen City of Refuge The mix works, with Ms. Washburn's voice and plucky "clawhammer"-style banjo holding the center. This Is Not Your Usual Pop R
No memory of having gone there, just whammo, there he is with one hand on the rail and one foot in the air. A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES
On TV replays he appeared to extend his leg, bend his knee forward and — whammo — Mr. Carroll went tumbling to the ground, toppled by a coach. Not Your Normal Mascot
So it now faces a triple whammy of big borrowing, a rapidly growing mountain of debt and a global economy sluggish in many areas. Times, Sunday Times
I'm a road sweeper employed by an agency, and working at Newham council in east London.
This was a change in tack by the tax authorities, who had been arguing that Vodafone International -- a wholly owned unit of Vodafone Group PLC. -- was liable to be taxed as it had failed to withhold tax when it bought the 67% stake in Hutchison Essar from Hutchison Whampoa for $11.2 billion. India Court Defers Vodafone Hearing
York Wasps suffered a triple whammy yesterday as the big winter freeze put paid to the New Year's Day clash against Swinton Lions.
The conventional plots also held more weed seeds, which are important to birds such as skylarks and yellowhammers.
For your listening pleasure, we present our all-time favorite Christmas earworm, "Last Christmas" by Wham!
The double whammy is we can't take much positives. The Sun
It said the double whammy of a VAT hike and another rise in fuel duty would push truckers and cabbies to the brink. The Sun
“Pray, who mentioned money, Mr. Meiklewham?” said her ladyship. — “That wretched old pettifogger,” she added in Saint Ronan's Well
In the first show, for example, Dyrdek asks Chanel "West Coast" what comes to mind when she hears the term "double whammy. SFGate: Top News Stories
They all come down in a rain of clamoring tambourines and bottleneck slide guitars, clawhammer banjo picking, booming jug band blowing and barrelhouse piano rolls. FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER
The track is pure bliss, from the interstellar electrical storm opening to the whammy bar keytar solo that closes it out.
IT'S not so much a double as a triple whammy. The Sun
I hae seen the day that mair nor bowls whammelt themsel's an 'brak' into flinders to be after ye. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895
The triple whammy of destruction greatly increases chances of developing an ‘age-related’ eye disease.
The adoption of intensive farming methods across Britain since the 1970s has put birds such as the skylark and the yellowhammer on the danger list, with numbers falling by 50% since 1977.
But there can't be recovery if we triple and quadruple whammy these reefs.
He prefers to use the "clawhammer" method of banjo playing. Marshall Independent
And foreign creditors are getting a double whammy, as bond prices have begun to fall in sympathy with the dollar.
But the third verse whams in with "another country", namely heaven – thus not only annoying those of other religions and none, but implying that sublunary patriotism may be subject to overrule by the man upstairs. So Lewis Hamilton wants a longer national anthem. Has he heard the second verse?
Let him not spend all his time whamming the keyboard of computer games. READY?
It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
It is like a yellowhammer with a grey and yellow head, and orange underparts. Times, Sunday Times
IT'S not so much a double as a triple whammy. The Sun
That double whammy puts almost 2,000 full-time and temp jobs under threat. The Sun
It's like we get hopeful and then 'wham' the fear sets in again. Praying For Parker
In the first show, for example, Dyrdek asks Chanel "West Coast" what comes to mind when she hears the term "double whammy. SFGate: Top News Stories
Something a lot more important is that I finally cut off my goatee, tears were shed and stories told then WHAM! after seven months of growth my manly mug was as smooth as a babies butt with fine grain sandpaper stuck to it. Bolivia is cool… carajo! « Brandino’s Bolivia Blog
The upbeat-ness of the jive could be a good one for Carson, especially since they've got Wham! Dancing with the Stars Episode Recap: Monday, Oct. 17, 2011
Other birds facing tough times in Bradford include the house sparrow, the golden plover, the yellowhammer and the redshank.
they purchase our acres by the thousand, and pay us, according to the old story, with a multiplepoinding, as your learned friends call it, Mr. Meiklewham. St. Ronan's Well
One minute you're okay - watching the rugby, maybe - and then suddenly, whammo, you're having a heart attack.
We got a quarter of the vote in both parliamentary constituencies in the London borough of Newham.
This time it's a double whammy from a single family, with Federal Housing Finance Board Chairman John T. Korsmo and his wife Michelle, who has worked as deputy chief of staff to Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao, coming under fire from the Justice Deparment for obstruction of justice in an investigation of campaign finance irregularities. Speaking of lists...
I have known a black-fishing expedition stopped because a "yellow yite," or yellowhammer, hovered round the gang when they were setting out. Auld Licht Idylls
It's easy, especially given the twin whammies of war and a tough economy, to surrender to despair about your prospects for improvement.
Britain's farmers have faced the double whammy of a rising pound and falling agricultural prices.
Yellowhammer, attempting to prevent Moll from escaping to meet the man she loves, equates her in value and exchangeability to the bullion or coins in his shop: ‘I will lock up this baggage, / As carefully as my gold ’.
The second half of the name yellowhammer is thought to derive from the German for bunting which is ‘ammer’, yellowhammers being the commonest of the buntings.
The boys in the cartoon were punching each other - wham, zap!
Somewhere in the Lurker's Guide I recall reading JMS' comments about 'wham' episodes. Alas, Babylon
The government's policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It's a double whammy.
But factories face a double whammy because they export 75 per cent of their cars and the rest of the world is suffering, too. The Sun
Chilli has also been shown to be a powerful painkiller, so you get a double whammy. The Sun
The decision to decrease the duration of water supply by two hours in a day is a double whammy.
Snipe, red buntings, yellowhammers and even kingfishers are supposedly hereabouts.
These are chaffinches, yellowhammers and reed buntings. Times, Sunday Times
With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
‘When you have people who have a diet that's very high in animal fat, they get the full whammy of the contaminants,’ said David Carpenter, who supervised the St. Lawrence Island studies.
Ony man that has said to ye I am no gratefu’ for the situation of Queen’s cooper, let me hae a whample at him wi’ mine eatche, that’s a’.” The Bride of Lammermoor
clawhammer" blue broadcloth and gold buttons, and to which I shall have occasion to refer again. Reminiscences of a soldier of the Orphan brigade,
Unluckily for me, I didn't have my seat belts on and I went flying out of my seat and wham right into the window.
Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) is a leading international corporation committed to innovation and technology with businesses spanning the globe.
Some familiar words, like punch line and payola, first appeared in Variety; a hundred other whammo coinages were popularized there.
The final whammy is the twisted bowel operation.
I am no clear if I can pleugh ony place but the Mains and Mucklewhame, at least I never tried ony other grund, and it wadna come natural to me. Old Mortality
The dinosaurs, they say, were killed not by a lone asteroid strike but by the quadruple whammy of global climate change, massive volcanism, and not one but two gigantic collisions.
No, get this: my darling little nerd was following along in line, his mind on how depressing gym class is, his hands in his pockets, HIS EYES SHUT, and whammo! Day in the Life of an Idiot
He whammed his fist against the desk.
It will be a welcome boost after being harshly hit by the double whammy of global recession and the attack in which one of its New York hotels was severely damaged.
Mr Denham's departure was the third blow of a triple whammy that saw Leader of the House Robin Cook and two junior ministers, including Mr Denham, quit their jobs.
But what seems to be a double whammy is that with Social Networks is if you want you can be anonymous and reach out and make a new connection. Changing Direction. « The Paradigm Shift
The only computers in many villages are those owned by the teenage boys of the affluent to play their wham-bam games.
Double whammies are seldom welcome. Times, Sunday Times
For years they give you not a jot of trouble, then, wham, they turn into wilful risk-takers who fall in love with little regard for the consequences.
Willows provide nesting sites for several types of finches and many different birds can be seen throughout the year, including cuckoos, yellowhammers, mallards, moorhens and whitethroats.
Every little lane among which I live had its hedgerow yellowhammers, the cocks perched on high on their songposts, on bushes or the telegraph wires.
I say the only scandal involving Reese is all yours if you actually walk this earth without catching her whammo performance in Freeway.
Across the tracks we bought honey, walked the woods by the river and climbed through conifers to top out at wild grasslands with swallows, yellowhammers and smooth views over an eternity of wheat.
But it can't explain how he came up with something like this diabolical double whammy, a lyric that combines apocopation and internal rhyme -- in three-quarter time, no less. Sondheim's Still Here
He picked up a platypus and whammo: dose of venom in the hand.
I've been learning clawhammer, which is a much different left-hand pattern than anything I was used to from guitar. Ask MetaFilter
Through the glass door to the step outside, two dozen yellowhammers and sparrows picked up seeds thrown on the snowy concrete.
You what we call a sleeper troll, writing all these pro-Obama, pro-liberal comments to make the community think you're one of them, and then wham! you hit us with the brillance of the Repub philosophy. Election Central Saturday Roundup
Permanent 6m grass margins ensure there are plenty of nesting sites and feeding areas for other birds such as whitethroats and yellowhammers.
At the fashion shows, designers and journalists collide backstage with varying degrees of success, but this week issued a triple whammy. Times, Sunday Times
Suggest to women, however, that they have a particular need to be careful; about their “virtue”, in that quaint phrase, and whammo, an Amazonian spear buries itself in your spine. Why Can't Women Make Their Minds Up ?
The farm itself has good numbers of breeding birds and is home to yellowhammers, linnets, corn buntings, tree and hedge sparrows, along with lapwings and grey partridge.
He moved from the carefree days of the Wham! Times, Sunday Times
Last week Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, in his quiet and unobtrusive way delivered a triple whammy.
Together with the introduced species of chaffinch, goldfinch, yellowhammer, skylark, magpie, etc, they provide a tuneful accompaniment to your walk.
With that unusual double whammy, expect some particularly diverse audiences. Times, Sunday Times
BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
A fight game, a few beers and whammo… So much for sportsmanship.
It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
Mowbray; “they purchase our acres by the thousand, and pay us, according to the old story, with a multiplepoinding, as your learned friends call it, Mr. Meiklewham.” Saint Ronan's Well
Visitor centre volunteer Eric Cowham admires autumn sycamore leaves at the Arboretum Gardens, Castle Howard.
The Shape Shoppe (Rodriguez says the name evolved from a friend's story about a suburban shave shop) hosted acts covering a major swath of the nonmainstream musical spectrum, from experimental jazz combos to the art-damaged freak ravers of Baltimore's Wham City scene. Chicago Reader
He whammed his fist against the desk.
This is a double wham-my for public sector workers.
Wham! The car hit the wall.
Wham! The car hit the wall.
Surely, such a scientific ‘double whammy’ rendered any concept of socialism, of collectivism, of a society based on co-operation and solidarity, a mere pipe-dream?
Not a "bam" nor a "wham", but more of a "whplam", like the truck had just run over a loose cattleguard, or a piece of heavy plastic in the road. Grouse Diary Entry
Last night I went to a house-warming party in Newham, just down the road from Upton Park.
He moved from the carefree days of the Wham! Times, Sunday Times
Boogie Nights 2 is essentially a rollercoaster ride through the decadent decade that taste forgot, with references to shell suits, Live Aid and Mrs Thatcher, all soundtracked by hits from Wham!
Meiklewham; “and albeit ye were nae great gun at the bar, ye might aye have gotten a Sheriffdom, or a Commissaryship, amang the lave, to keep the banes green; and sae ye might have saved your estate from deteriorating, if ye didna mend it muckle.” Saint Ronan's Well
He lives under Newham Council's jurisdiction, so credit to the council for taking Thames Water to task and getting them before the beak.
The decline in birds such as the yellowhammer and corn bunting is down to unfriendly farming methods and human encroachment. Times, Sunday Times
The boys in the cartoon were punching each other - wham, zap!
They are running harder to stand still, having been hit by a triple whammy of big changes. Times, Sunday Times
Whammies in general - a whammy being technically a curse - are what they're good at. Times, Sunday Times
The data collection, which is being funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has already taken place involving a variety of farmland birds, including skylarks and yellowhammers.
There is a bad guy on that show called The Whammer, and he substitutes the word "wham" for other words in his sentences all the time. I Wanna Be a Wreck Star
If I don't ‘market myself’ to get a job, then I have no income and whammo!
Well, then I'd have to pick it up for him, and he'd say thanks, and then - whammo!
He once, indeed, wished that they would amend the roof of his book-room, which “rained in” 23 in a very pluvious manner; but receiving no direct answer from our friend Meiklewham, who neither relished the proposal nor saw means of eluding it, the minister quietly made the necessary repairs at his own expense, and gave the heritors no farther trouble on the subject. Saint Ronan's Well
So older people who skimp on protein really get a double whammy, which is why they are often vitamin B12 deficient. Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part I | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
REED: Yes, I think it's such an emotional whammy, which is why, you know, you can forgive the mayor for saying, oh, come on, let's come back in, despite what we just saw on TV. CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2005
It was the only thing he'd taken from the house in Sawyerville, her only possession that didn't give him the whim-whams. DOLL'S EYES
The cut of the "clawhammer" dress-coat does not differ from that of to-day, but it was often of blue cloth with brass buttons; shirts were frilled, and waistcoats of gold-sprigged Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
He's such a trusting soul, and this is the first whammo that's ever happened to him. ɘloЯ
Newham council refused to say what it was paid. The Sun
The door struck him in the face with a terrific wham.
This extremely talkative Plateau-born downtown resident has been putting the hypnosis whammy on people for over 50 years now.
The kids get their stockings here, then whiz! into the car (in jammies and slippers) to Papa's house (grandfather) to open presents then wham! home for our gifts under the tree then back in the car again! Christmas Wishes
Irresistible rhythms, glorious colour and costumes, and oodles of talent melded with skilful direction into a whammy of a production!
he put the whammy on me
Music, dialogue, and effects are well balanced throughout, but a special nod goes to the whammo effect the surround sound provides during the transformation scene.
MG was back in business this week with a double whammy. The Sun
He once, indeed, wished that they would amend the roof of his book-room, which "rained in" [I-23] in a very pluvious manner; but receiving no direct answer from our friend Meiklewham, who neither relished the proposal nor saw means of eluding it, the minister quietly made the necessary repairs at his own expense, and gave the heritors no farther trouble on the subject. St. Ronan's Well
I am all for the idea of chucking every fcuktard we can find in the Channel tunnel, then blowing it at our end therefore giving all lower echelons of life to France and, double whammy, we also cut all ties with France. Army Rumour Service
Newham council refused to say what it was paid. The Sun
Manufacturers are scaling back investment plans as the sector struggles against a 'double whammy' of weak demand and political uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times
But the Conservatives had launched their Labour double whammy and tax bombshell campaigns months beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
A network of mini-reserves on Lakeland hills could provide vital havens for declining bird species like yellowhammers, reed buntings and lapwings, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
A double whammy if you have a mortgage. The Sun
It has a fairly light basswood body, a knife edge whammy which has three springs tightened down and maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
Wham I'm not sure that "wham" is appropriate in front of every wham sentence. Archive 2009-08-01
Yellowhammer in urban gardens rose 68 per cent. Times, Sunday Times
Music, dialogue, and effects are well balanced throughout, but a special nod goes to the whammo effect the surround sound provides during the transformation scene.
Then, look out, whammo, it would all be hauled back again.
Not finding the flag-ship there, as was expected, after taking in some provisions from the naval depôt, weighed anchor, and proceeded up the Canton River to Whampoa, where we moored ship in the Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas
Blucher, Vasily Konstantinovich: Known as Galen, he was the chief Russian adviser to Chiang Kai-shek at the military school of Whampoa. The Last Empress
Those who pay more would get the fast-lane service, and those who pay less would get the slow lane, with the possibility that some content from the Internet would be filtered out according to the whims and whams of your ISP. Save the Internet — Support Net Neutrality
Songbirds such as the linnet, yellowhammer, skylark and song thrush to name but a few, are fast disappearing in our gardens and countryside.
The London borough of Newham seems to be undaunted by tough times. Times, Sunday Times
She stopped abruptly, as she whammed into something with a sound thump.
The development, he maintains, would also threaten the presence of wildlife including yellowhammers, badgers and dormice.
It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
For years they give you not a jot of trouble, then, wham, they turn into wilful risk-takers who fall in love with little regard for the consequences.
The 64-bit jobbie, Clawhammer, is out and about sometime next year.
You know what it's like - everything is going along smoothly, you've got no problems and then - wham ! YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
Am I the only one who immediately thought of the "The Whammer" from Word Girl on PBS when Jen kept saying "wham" at the begining of her sentences? I Wanna Be a Wreck Star
I bent my neck to watch the ball wham into the backboard, bounce a few times around the hoop - then went in.
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In terms of calibre, it delivers at least a triple whammy. Times, Sunday Times
But then the organisers came in with a whammy that left the undefeated team and its supporters scratching their heads!
Then, a couple of months later, take the same rifle to the range, fire a couple of fouling shots, and whammo!, the damn thing is shooting to a different POA! How Many Groups is Enough?
Unsurprisingly, then, this double whammy has met with a cynical welcome. Times, Sunday Times
Because my current project is kinda about genres of interiority howzat for a double whammy? Ferule & Fescue
Perhaps that's all we should expect; but that opening double whammy suggested there might have been more. Times, Sunday Times
The steak combined the double whammy of being simultaneously tasteless and chewy, while the haggis was simply superb.
He said: ‘This is very much a triple whammy for the motorist and even a quadruple whammy if you happen to drive a diesel-powered vehicle.’
They started things like the First World War, where they thought ‘oh, we're just taking care of some minor little problem here in the Balkans ’, and whammo, things have spun violently out of control.
It was basically a triple whammy: Housing prices kept falling, oil prices kept rising and both lenders and borrowers grew more cautious after five years of incaution. Three-Ingredient Recipe for Recession
Empty calories, fat and sodium deliver a triple whammy that is the downfall of many.
You've got your brownie underbelly base with a crackly crispy chocolate chip cookie top to create a double whammy of perfection! TWD: CHIPSTER TOPPED BROWNIES
That double whammy puts almost 2,000 full-time and temp jobs under threat. The Sun
In the UK between 1970 and 1999 the skylark had declined by 52 per cent, the yellowhammer by 53 per cent and the corn bunting by 88 per cent.
Farmers have faced the double whammy of a freeze and a drought this year.
The second half of the name yellowhammer is thought to derive from the German for bunting which is ‘ammer’, yellowhammers being the commonest of the buntings.
Residents are bracing themselves for the annual double whammy: a hike in council tax bills, and swingeing cuts in services.

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