squib
Example Sentences
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Now Frank is out of the Cup following the latest damp squib in the former Brentford manager's wretched first season in charge.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
It's no mean feat, albeit both were a damp squib with Scotland wheezing their way to an early exit on each occasion without really landing a punch on, well, anyone.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025
But the much-anticipated showdown between two Heisman-candidate quarterbacks and national championship-quality teams had been a damp squib over the first two quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025
Kicking under the new format feels more like “shanking” a kickoff than doing a squib kick, as Dicker put it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2024
Swift had written this squib by 1697, and by the time it appeared the conflict it satirized appeared to be over.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
