wet blanket
Example Sentences
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What’s Next: The court injunction could keep the deal in limbo for months as litigation unfolds and possibly throw a wet blanket on other transactions in the media.
From Barron's ● Apr. 20, 2026
In contradicting Archie’s combustible ignorance with facts and understanding, Meathead was often the wet blanket spoiling Archie’s good time in the tight Queens palace that the Bunkers and Stivics shared.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025
The title character, named Cassandra Webb and played by Dakota Johnson, is a wet blanket possessing few social skills and negligible personal warmth.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Alison King, an artist in her mid-30s, cowers under a wet blanket on her bathroom floor as a “blazing fury” descends on Lake Bend, a fictional small town outside Melbourne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
The very air seemed to weigh him down, like a warm wet blanket across his head and shoulders.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
