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

The question haunts Juicy as he tries to turn his pout into a smile for the guests and not be the killjoy his stepfather accuses him of being.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Alas, the gloomy revival by Lincoln Center Theater — complete with a killjoy Aaron Sorkin rewrite — isn’t one of those times.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2023

I don’t want to come off as a killjoy or someone too sensitive for this world, but I’ve got another birthday coming up and am tired of feeling like I’m back in junior high school.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

I knew better than to not call my grandmother but I was tired of being a killjoy, and my sisters and I were back in step with one another.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia