cold turkey

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

While it won’t kill you like some other vices, trying to quit this spiritually corrosive habit cold turkey is inadvisable.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

But if you're planning on going in cold turkey because family tradition demands it, Sooz has some tips.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

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

In the evening, as the sky and most of the land turned red, they sat together eating cold turkey drumsticks and wearing green-shaded glasses to watch the lava burn.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin