cold turkey

Example Sentences

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It was after tallying my December spending that I finally deleted them cold turkey in January.

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2026

“It was terrifying. You can’t just go cold turkey on these things,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

And if Jackie is getting up at 4:30 to test-roast three turkeys, I’m texting her turkey and bulging-bicep emojis and joyously eating cold turkey under conference room lighting at noon.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

But I also told people that I had just gone off my meds cold turkey, which is how I learned that the exact same thing had happened to a lot of them too.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2023

The truth was, I could no sooner quit cello cold turkey than I could stop breathing.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman