How to Use mixed blessing in a Sentence

mixed blessing

noun
  • The rise of cheap goods and e-commerce has been a mixed blessing for these villages.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The brisk pace required to cover so much ground in just eight hours is a mixed blessing.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Pride Month presents its own mixed blessing in this regard.
    Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
  • This year’s Christmas box office feast was a mixed blessing.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Social media has also been a boon for Von, if a mixed blessing.
    Alison Abbey, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The streamer content feeding frenzy has proved, in her view, a mixed blessing.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Its location, in one L.A.’s most polyglot corners, has been a mixed blessing.
    Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • The Schubert, listed in the program as Chamber Symphony in B-flat major, was a mixed blessing.
    Dallas News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • These woes are a mixed blessing for Western countries, whose economies are intertwined with China’s.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • And finally, Trump himself represents a mixed blessing for such a project.
    Edoardo Campanella, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2017
  • When my husband and I bought a beach condo six months ago as an investment property, the fact that it came fully furnished was a mixed blessing.
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
  • Paintings integrating her studio and home life are a mixed blessing.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • For a writer, growing old is a mixed blessing: You are revered for your early achievements, but your later books quickly end up remaindered.
    Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • The pandemic was a mixed blessing for many destinations.
    Harriet Baskas, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Some see the influx as a mixed blessing, fearing Beijing may use its influence to establish a stronger presence in Thailand.
    Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Winning the Presidency after Trump was a mixed blessing.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • But advances often present a mixed blessing for artists, creating opportunities but sometimes reducing demand for their services.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023

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