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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Within the dog-button community, Horowitz is regarded as a killjoy.
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Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Esther is the original feminist killjoy — acerbic, brilliant, obsessive, confrontational, deeply relatable.
—Jillian Eugenios, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Likewise, today’s AI killjoys are clinging desperately to the bygone past, to the days when telephones had round dials and thick curly cords and were just for talking (gag!), and when students wrote essays in longhand, in ink, on sheets of paper.
—Douglas Hofstadter, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
While the lawyers play killjoys, work is continuing on the project for now, including on the party car.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024
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Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Esther is the original feminist killjoy — acerbic, brilliant, obsessive, confrontational, deeply relatable.
—Jillian Eugenios, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2024
Likewise, today’s AI killjoys are clinging desperately to the bygone past, to the days when telephones had round dials and thick curly cords and were just for talking (gag!), and when students wrote essays in longhand, in ink, on sheets of paper.
—Douglas Hofstadter, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
While the lawyers play killjoys, work is continuing on the project for now, including on the party car.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Killjoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/killjoy. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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killjoy
noun
kill·joy
ˈkil-ˌjȯi 
: a person who spoils the pleasure of others
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