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Examples of spoilsport in a Sentence
Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Let them try it.
Dad's a spoilsport. He won't let us play football.
Recent Examples on the Web
This spoilsport effort has become fodder for late-night comedy routines and gripes about liberal overlords such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banishing all fun.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
Be prepared to be labelled humourless, difficult, a spoilsport, and a ruiner of parties, meetings, dinners, and picnics.
—Natalie Gil, refinery29.com, 11 July 2023
Sorry for being a spoilsport.
—John F. Wasik, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
Who knows whether another variant will turn spoilsport next year.
—Rajrishi Singhal, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2022
Does wanting to moderate the telling of jokes about AI sentience become a grinch-like spoilsport?
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
While demand is ballooning, high taxes—3% each market fee and rural development fund, 2.5% commission to agents and 1% service charges—could play spoilsport.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2022
But who wants to be a spoilsport when so much fun is being had?
—Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2022
One stakeholder in particular could play spoilsport.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1785, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Spoilsport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoilsport. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
spoilsport
noun
spoil·sport
ˈspȯi(ə)l-ˌspō(ə)rt
-ˌspȯ(ə)rt
: a person who spoils the fun of others
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