hangover

Example Sentences

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After last year's tumultuous win, which gave the 36-year-old the career Grand Slam at the 11th attempt, there was a discernible hangover in the majors that followed.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Rams coach Sean McVay, West Coast area scout Vito Gonella and director of scouting strategy James Gladstone identified Nacua as a must-have addition to a team coming off a horrendous 2022 Super Bowl hangover.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

The Dutch centre-back and his team-mates were reluctant to do so at times – a potential hangover from Frank's style of defending.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

In this regard, Mr. Rachel’s book exemplifies what the French controversialist Renaud Camus calls the second career of Adolf Hitler: the long hangover of inexplicable catastrophe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

But that is my own illusion, a hangover from a version of reality I learned in the former time.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood