Sentence examples for like a wet blanket from inspiring English sources

That means reducing the debt that hangs like a wet blanket over economic growth.

Tenants said they certainly felt the heat envelop them like a wet blanket.

"It sort of hits you like a wet blanket that you're back to reality," he said.

Still, I feel compelled to participate for fear of disrupting our team spirit and feeling like a wet blanket.

What if it were Boris who captured the excitement of the Games, leaving the Prime Minister looking like a wet blanket from Whitehall?

The UPA resembles an old shaggy dog that drifts in from the rain with its election manifesto dragged behind it like a wet blanket.

"This sounds like being a wet blanket - or a wet cloak if you prefer - I don't see that ever being a reality.

It sounds rather difficult — like a happy dream, wrapped in a wet blanket.

Sadly, however, a wet blanket looms.

The humidity was oppressive, the gray a wet blanket.

Sometimes it is as reassuring as an electric blanket; other times it's as annoying as a wet blanket.