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How to use killjoy in a sentence

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Angry mums and dads say the council is a killjoy for putting up signs forbidding ball games on a green between Overbrook and Bevisland.
And, that great corrupter, the fear that if you don't laugh you will be seen as a prig and a killjoy.
Times change, but only a killjoy would grudge Scots a bit of nostalgic wishful thinking at a time of year ripe for reflection.
You know, call me a plebeian, call me a killjoy, but two hundred quid strikes me as a bit on the steepish side for a bunch of fish and rice.
I do not smoke, hunt foxes, drink to excess, or ignore medical advice on diet but that does not make me a killjoy.
In recent years, the U. S. government has become the killjoy of bilateral and multilateral agreements by not complying with trade rules.
I don't want to be seen as a killjoy, though, or as someone who is oversensitive and humourless, and I am afraid to confront him.
When Robert Barr does his appearance in 1989 in Santa Barbara, he is presented as a new killjoy for the couple of Eden and Cruz Castillo.
Not to be a killjoy fact-checker, but this does seem like an important detail to get right.
If you're a glum dour downbeat killjoy who has nothing to peddle but reheated miserabilism, you will come across as a bitter fool, and no one will be persuaded.
What kind of abominable killjoy would be against loving presents and cookies?
In fact, her chiding, sermonic tone can echo Poisonwood's killjoy Baptist preacher, railing at the natives to put their shirts on.
Far from trying to be a killjoy, Susan says dieticians want to help people to enjoy their food.
A killjoy EU directive has set a maximum of 87 decibels.
People with active lifestyles find these vehicles to be indispensable however fuel consumption and environmental concerns have always been a killjoy of sorts but Ford is working to change that.
Completing the idea of the artist as killjoy explored in the preceding issue, the artist-saboteur may have an even more negative image and thus one that is heavier to take on.
Condemning one's little treasure to social ostracism by being the playground killjoy who banned presents or refused to hand out the party bag was too much.
As such the last two events of the season shouldnt lack spice with their atypical race zones and the associated weather conditions, which may well prove to be a killjoy for certain crews.
The killjoy move was last night slammed by Tom and Jerry fans and even had the anti-smoking group Ash puffing and blowing.
Examples from Classical Literature
I did not wish to be a killjoy and a marplot, or I would have forbidden Fred to touch a foot-ball after he entered college.
However, I did my utmost to bear a cheerful and contented mien, for killjoy is but a poor friend.
Some of you do not like to be reminded of it, and think it a killjoy.
Allan, I don't want to be a killjoy, but you asked for my advice.
I dont want to be shown up as a fraid cat and a killjoy, cried Jessie.
I received an email this week from some killjoy warning me of the calorific evils of Easter.
Like a crazy old man wearing a The End Is Nigh sandwich board, Peter Capaldi's killjoy Time Lord is obsessed with his own death and the destruction of the universe.
These killjoy bosses have clearly gone over to the dark side.
Nobody wants to be the killjoy parent when it comes to music.
Becoming a rock makes you a killjoy from the dog's point of view.
The most popular persona so far seems to be Killjoy Kerry, as depicted in jokes about his long face and dour demeanor.
Dutch is a gorgeous, complicated and deadly Killjoy at the top of her game.
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