How to Use wet blanket in a Sentence

wet blanket

noun
  • I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket.
  • In the shade of the trees, the air felt like a wet blanket, and mosquitoes homed in on open flesh.
    Vanessa Gregory, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2018
  • With the help of a friend, Stauffer used the wet blanket to cover the animal and a broom to stop it from getting away.
    Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 24 Jan. 2018
  • If this is throwing a (very cold and) wet blanket on a party then, well, sorry.
    Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 24 Dec. 2017
  • That means a towel that is easy to clean with and wash, one that can take on plenty of moisture and not feel like, well, a wet blanket.
    Men's Health, 7 Feb. 2023
  • And look, Covid is a big, wet blanket thrown over the attitudes of Americans.
    NBC News, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Some might think this seems like party poopers that want to place a wet blanket over some good-natured fun.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • And when any of these tent poles are moved or even angled the other way, their entire sense of comfort folds in on itself like a wet blanket.
    Nicole Blades, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2017
  • An early winter storm has served as a wet blanket for forest fires that have been burning out of control in the West for most of the summer.
    John Hopewell, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2017
  • As a lockout throws a wet blanket over the offseason, every team hopes to hit the ground running when the stadium gates swing open.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Smoke from several regional fires hung heavy over the area, clamped down like a wet blanket by a high-pressure zone.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • News of still-hot inflation was a wet blanket for markets, which had been holding out for signs that might nudge the Fed to put a brake on interest rate hikes.
    Heard Editors, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2023
  • However, someone has to be the wet blanket that dampens all this optimism because every team in the rankings at the start won't be there at the end.
    Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Mary descends the stairs in her lederhosen like the living embodiment of a Chanel wet blanket.
    Jodi Walker, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The 2015 regulations threw a wet blanket on those efforts.
    Anchorage Daily News, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Gregg Hutson’s shady backyard would be a wet blanket for most gardeners.
    Anne Marie Chaker, WSJ, 11 June 2018
  • Friday’s stumble threw a wet blanket on things heading into the weekend as selling picked up toward the close.
    Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • With the internet now a dominant social force, Tenner is ready with his wet blanket.
    Gal Beckerman, New York Times, 4 June 2018
  • New research from Morning Consult throws a wet blanket on a strong rebound for business travel.
    Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
  • And that can be stressful particularly since parents want their kids to have fun on Halloween while not being a scold or wet blanket.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Scarcely had producers begun to hope for better times when covid-19 threw a sopping wet blanket on their fortunes.
    The Economist, 5 Mar. 2020
  • As a refresher, the outgoing model was as dynamic as a wet blanket.
    Manuel Carrillo Iii, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2021
  • But California tax policy could throw a wet blanket over the party.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The news of the salary-cap snag at least temporarily throws a wet blanket over news of the Davis deal, and could eventually suffocate its promise altogether.
    Bill Plaschke, latimes.com, 17 June 2019
  • On many others, poorly-equipped authorities have tried to tackle fires with little more than jerry cans of water and wet blankets.
    Peter Schwartzstein, National Geographic, 22 July 2019
  • The rising prices have been a wet blanket on an otherwise robust economy over the last year, as unemployment has fallen below 4% and the workforce has grown.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Volunteers kept some of them from asphyxiating by keeping them on land wrapped in wet blankets, or in shallow tubs of water with tiny life jackets.
    Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • As folks across southern Wisconsin basked in warmth and sunshine this weekend, meteorologists threw a cold, wet blanket of a forecast to chill any thoughts that spring can't be far off.
    Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2020
  • One concern is that the atmosphere is mostly inert nitrogen—and in a rocket engine that nitrogen acts like a wet blanket.
    Daniel Oberhaus, Ars Technica, 27 June 2020
  • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, professor of management at Yale University, has a more direct message for boards: This is no time to be a wet blanket.
    Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2022

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