killjoy

Example Sentences

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And the boss might not be such a killjoy after all.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

But in truth, on any one day, in any one place, the weather could be your friend or a killjoy - and that applies to Carbondale, too.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

Alas, the gloomy revival by Lincoln Center Theater — complete with a killjoy Aaron Sorkin rewrite — isn’t one of those times.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

“It’s not especially that I wanted to be a killjoy, although that comes into it as well,” he adds, smiling.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2022

Sheed, always a killjoy, said, “You’re not from Logan County.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles