kill-joy

Example Sentences

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Scrooge is the anti-festive man brought into the circle of festivity, the kill-joy transformed into the joyful player.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2015

"I don't want to sound like a kill-joy ... but I do think we should face the facts squarely."

From Time Magazine Archive

Because their headquarters are thousands of miles away, the designers stationed in California exist in splendid -- and creatively productive -- isolation, relatively free from the kill-joy scrutiny of bean counters, marketing drones and engineers.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I should be a constant care to you, and a constant kill-joy, and that would be a poor return for all you have done for me,” she said sadly.

From More about Pixie by Groome, William H. C.

Rose, don't be too forward to talk," here interrupted Mrs. Yorke, in her usual kill-joy fashion, "nor Jessy either.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte