How to Use deflate in a Sentence

deflate

verb

• The birthday balloons deflated after a few days.
• Deflated prices mean that farmers are getting less for their products.
• He has worked to deflate popular myths about investing.
• The harsh criticism left him utterly deflated.
• Egg yolk can deflate the meringue, so be sure not to let any get in the bowl.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2022
• Punch down the dough to deflate, then use two forks to fold the dough in and create a rough ball.
  — Christian Reynoso, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2023
• Once the lanes were closed the balloon was deflated and pick-up.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• Help deflate bags with this La Roche-Posay retinol eye cream.
  — April Franzino, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2022
• What gets you into high gear, ready to charge ahead, and what deflates you?
  — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• When the deals fell apart and Twitter had to cut more jobs, he was deflated.
  — Kurt Wagner, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
• The effect will be more of a loose sauce that will deflate quickly, so serve right away.
  — Julie Harans, Bon Appétit, 7 July 2022
• While some seat cushions seem to deflate, this one doesn’t.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 30 Mar. 2023
• The game lasted more than 11 minutes and deflated Wolf a bit.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2023
• Those wheels can be deflated to crouch the jet down for ease of unloading.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
• Or is there a response that doesn’t deflate my guest, but gets the point across that my home isn’t a carry-out restaurant?
  — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
• So what makes an employee charge ahead, and what deflates them?
  — Anne Lackey, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• That sent the game to overtime, but the Celtics had to be deflated, defeated, and simply gassed by that point.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• Most kayaks will only need around five to six minutes to inflate and deflate.
  — Courtney Campbell, goodhousekeeping.com, 12 May 2023
• The chip world saw a rare nanometer showdown in 2015, which helped deflate the value of the number labels.
  — Jiyoung Sohn, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• At bottom left, when the PBA is deflated, the microfinger is straight.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023
• And according to Amazon shoppers, the display is easy to set up and deflate.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
• Both front wheels buckled, allowing the tire to deflate.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
• Lindo Mfaka got the ball right in front of goal and lasered it past Rios Novo in the 66th minute to recapture the lead and deflate Rising fans.
  — Eli McKown, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2023
• The buzzy product, however, bears a price sure to deflate some customers.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Then there’s the array of stretch marks on his back from when his body puffed up and deflated during his time on life support.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• When the oven is too hot, the meringue will expand quickly and then deflate quickly upon cooling.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
• These thrilling moments double as comedic sequences, and the film would deflate without them.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2023
• In Rose's case, the valves were successfully placed to deflate the entire upper left lobe of his lung.
  — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022
• For the Padres, the loss despite the big-bat offense finally gushing like a geyser had to deflate enormously.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
• The team looks different than the one that walked off the Rose Bowl field a month ago after a deflating loss to California.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024