spoilsport

Example Sentences

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And rains play a spoilsport here as well.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

For days, northern California newspapers kicked around fierce, spoilsport claims.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 8, 2024

Never mind the spoilsport who defines college as “those magical seven years between high school and your first warehouse job.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

Just as investors were starting to get more confident about a soft landing for the world's largest economy, with strong jobs growth and cooling inflation, China is playing spoilsport.

From Reuters • Aug. 15, 2022

He deserved it for being such a spoilsport.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn