wet blanket
Example Sentences
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Hemsworth played Gale Hawthorne, loyal friend and hunting partner to Katniss Everdeen who transformed into something of a wet blanket.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2023
Huddled together under a wet blanket, Tree and Birdie didn’t know the house was on fire until the basement filled with smoke.
From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022
Investors fear rising oil prices could supercharge inflation, eating away at consumer budgets and corporate balance sheets while tossing a wet blanket over the economy.
From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2022
“They have lifted the wet blanket of the strong lockdown, and people are getting lockdown fatigue.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021
Sweat beaded on my forehead as that pressure from earlier in the day smothered me like a wet blanket.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
