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

According to medical literature and former patients, some programs, including CHOP, wean children off medications—including narcotics, antidepressants, steroids, and seizure medications—or encourage them to stop cold turkey.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

If you’re trying to scale back on social media, maybe limit yourself to 15 minutes a day, instead of going cold turkey.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

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

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman