killjoy

Example Sentences

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Telling a Jambo to calm down as their team strides into an eight-point lead at the top of the table is to be the worst kind of killjoy.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

Mr. Whitehead infused Barbay with some pathos — the character seemed unable to keep himself from being a killjoy — which added another layer to the humor.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

If the killjoy owners can stay out of the way, baseball could be in position to prosper, based on the results of an Ipsos poll released Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2023

“It’s not especially that I wanted to be a killjoy, although that comes into it as well,” he adds, smiling.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2022

Sheed, always a killjoy, said, “You’re not from Logan County.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles