Sentence examples for a bit of a damp squib from inspiring English sources

Indoor fireworks run the risk of becoming a bit of a damp squib.

That's a bit of a damp squib of a farewell to Wigan for Tomkins.

The bioluminescent display at the end is also a bit of a damp squib.

It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.

Despite Ridley Scott being back at the reins, Prometheus (2012) turned out to be a bit of a damp squib.

Tetris in Tel Aviv might be a bit of a damp squib, but only because it had a deeper potential.

But instead the landmark episode of the BBC Radio 4 soap turned out to be a BOADS – bit of a damp squib.

In the event, however, the protest was a bit of a damp squib.In this section Bernanke in the crosshairs Beating the deadline The road to 67 School daze Adios Arizona The resurgent right Hands off our junk Blythe spirit One nation, with Aunt Susan ReprintsTSA screeners have borne the brunt of the outrage.

And yet, in the current overheated art market, the hundred-and-one-million-dollar Giacometti was a bit of a disappointment, really: a damp squib.

Gordon Brown's long awaited measures to help people struggling with soaring gas and electricity bills may have been derided as a bit of damp squib, but at least there are grants out there to help you insulate your home.

Perhaps the looming Harry Potter finale has caused a case of fantasy-kids-adventure overload, but the third episode in the Narnia saga – which began so brightly with a tremendous version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – is a bit of damp squib.