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

The best thing to do about racism, he posits, is to just give it up, cold turkey, by announcing that we’re all good now.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2023

You might not need to go cold turkey on your credit card spending.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2023

Not bit by bit like in the hospital in 13, but cold turkey.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins