party poopers

plural of party pooper

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of party poopers The biggest party poopers recently have been Croatia, another European nation who finished second and third at the World Cups in 2018 and 2022 respectively. Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 But in their quest to make history, the guests turned into party poopers. The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for party poopers
Noun
  • Mudflats and tidal flats in Korea are home to a wide variety of clams, crabs, octopuses, and snails, which can be harvested.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • It's also believed that crabs of this species survived after a meteorite struck Earth around 66 million years ago, the infamous event that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are no serious drags anymore.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Another hot, humid half hour of window-shopping drags by.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, skeptics and cynics tend to be insistent right now that the clean-up activity is not going to last very long.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Travis Kelce knows what the cynics might think of his relationship with Taylor Swift — two of the most famous people in America just happen to match up perfectly?
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Her books were their progeny, Stein acknowledged, and without Alice’s mothering—and typing, proofreading, cooking, sewing, shopping, bookkeeping, and warding off bores—they might not have been born.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone who thinks English Heritage sites are run by bores is in for a surprise.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Party poopers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/party%20poopers. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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