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.
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Inevitably, violence erupts, both spontaneously, when a drug deal goes sour, and by design, when a spoilsport has to be eliminated.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
The spoilsports need to get back to their home state and do the job which their constituents elected them to do.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Suddenly, the Republicans were the spoilsports who couldn’t take the joke, a position stereotypically held by politically correct liberals.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Millennial workers are increasingly becoming the office spoilsports, with young people increasingly likely to be in it for the money rather than for fun, as years of economic turmoil force them to keep their heads down, collect their monthly paychecks, and fight for a promotion.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 26 June 2024
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
The spoilsports need to get back to their home state and do the job which their constituents elected them to do.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2025
Suddenly, the Republicans were the spoilsports who couldn’t take the joke, a position stereotypically held by politically correct liberals.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024
Millennial workers are increasingly becoming the office spoilsports, with young people increasingly likely to be in it for the money rather than for fun, as years of economic turmoil force them to keep their heads down, collect their monthly paychecks, and fight for a promotion.
—Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 26 June 2024
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“Spoilsport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoilsport. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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