hangover

Example Sentences

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The hangover from a rough loss has been compounded by a series of missed opportunities to make it right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

In these tough times, some discount chains have been thriving, but California’s Grocery Outlet has been closing stores as it tries to remedy a hangover of overexpansion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 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

It was a hangover from the mental and physical exertions spent over the whole Bethpage cycle.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

You could say they were a sort of hangover from those talks in our dorm after lights out.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro