mixed blessing

Example Sentences

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That kind of sudden, enormous demand surge is a mixed blessing.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

It’s the mixed blessing of still being close to where you’re from, yet sung with a wisp of yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

For Breanna's mum Megan Easton, the ban is a mixed blessing.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

And if you are drawing Social Security and you benefit each year from the annual cost-of-living adjustment, that, too, is a mixed blessing.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

A mixed blessing if ever there was one.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss