wet blankets

plural of wet blanket

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wet blankets
Noun
  • 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
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
  • An undersea submersible has revealed crabs, worms, and fish living on World War II explosives in the Baltic Sea.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • These are related to crabs and lobsters, but spend their whole lives up in the water.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 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
Noun
  • Recognize Quieter Customers Celebrate the non-complainers.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Wet blankets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet%20blankets. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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