Examples of wet blanket in a Sentence
I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket.
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Aleksander Barkov has covered him like a wet blanket at times, showcasing the two-way prowess that just earned him his third Selke Trophy.
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 16 June 2025
It’s stated routinely in my upcoming book The Deficit Delusion that the centralized and politicized allocation of goods, services and labor in sub-optimal fashion by politicians lays a wet blanket on economic growth.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Just wait until tech investors are smothered by the ultimate wet blanket: the uncharted territory of Trump tariffs.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
The last thing a drag queen should be is a wet blanket; RuPaul is the ultimate hang.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 16 June 2025
It’s stated routinely in my upcoming book The Deficit Delusion that the centralized and politicized allocation of goods, services and labor in sub-optimal fashion by politicians lays a wet blanket on economic growth.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Just wait until tech investors are smothered by the ultimate wet blanket: the uncharted territory of Trump tariffs.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
The last thing a drag queen should be is a wet blanket; RuPaul is the ultimate hang.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wet blanket
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“Wet blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet%20blanket. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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