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I'd love to go to the party, but with my cold, I'm afraid I'd just be a wet blanket.
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Stiller’s Roy, the leader of the titular supergroup, is rarely more than a wet blanket, literally powerless and mopey right until the climactic battle.
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
There is clearly some strife between Ben and Louise, unresolved tension that is often exacerbated by Ben’s unemployment, along with his tendency to be a formless wet blanket.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
His delivery wins crowds, but his jokes are not very thoughtful: hawking stereotypes about immigrant parents being wet blankets.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Thus a wet blanket should be tossed over the Lakers’ engineering of the most celebrated 55th overall pick in NBA draft history.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
There is clearly some strife between Ben and Louise, unresolved tension that is often exacerbated by Ben’s unemployment, along with his tendency to be a formless wet blanket.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2024
His delivery wins crowds, but his jokes are not very thoughtful: hawking stereotypes about immigrant parents being wet blankets.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
Thus a wet blanket should be tossed over the Lakers’ engineering of the most celebrated 55th overall pick in NBA draft history.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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“Wet blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wet%20blanket. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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