Examples of killjoy in a Sentence
I don't want to sound like a killjoy, but shouldn't we study tonight?
his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun
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Such means of interpretation, according to a killjoy like Bellow, reduces the complexity, interiority, and negative capability of literature into the work of a cryptologist trying to crack a code, of an occultist parsing scripture for hidden meanings.
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Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
Not surprisingly, the overwhelming response from readers told me to stop being a killjoy.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
But Sennott’s script is smart not to make Maia such a killjoy straightman opposite Tallulah.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
Stay a while Another eclipse killjoy?
—Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 23 Dec. 2025
Not surprisingly, the overwhelming response from readers told me to stop being a killjoy.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
But Sennott’s script is smart not to make Maia such a killjoy straightman opposite Tallulah.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
Stay a while Another eclipse killjoy?
—Maya Silver, Outside, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Killjoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killjoy. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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killjoy
noun
kill·joy
ˈkil-ˌjȯi 
: a person who spoils the pleasure of others
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