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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But the rivalry between these teams runs deep, and the Penguins tried hard to throw a wet blanket on the Capitals' playoff hopes and Ovechkin's big day.
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CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Regardless, the new hard-line stance on playing time was a wet blanket tossed onto an overachieving team.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
This approach isn’t about throwing a wet blanket on the festivities of the season.
—Monitor Staff, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2025
Both dynamics are pretty well-worn from the first four seasons of the series, and there isn't much value to turning both Hopper and Joyce into wet blankets at this moment of ultimate crisis.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 27 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Regardless, the new hard-line stance on playing time was a wet blanket tossed onto an overachieving team.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
This approach isn’t about throwing a wet blanket on the festivities of the season.
—Monitor Staff, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2025
Both dynamics are pretty well-worn from the first four seasons of the series, and there isn't much value to turning both Hopper and Joyce into wet blankets at this moment of ultimate crisis.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 27 Nov. 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 25 Apr. 2026.
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