deflated
Example Sentences
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In November 2021, at least 30 men, women and children drowned when their motorised dinghy deflated and started taking on water halfway between France and the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Social media cut a different pattern, in which individual companies deflated even as the entire market grew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
“But I’m just finishing up,” Dan protested, now deflated.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
When the skin has collapsed into your palm like a deflated balloon, you lift the box grater and discover an almost implausible amount of ruby pulp underneath it.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Fadi looked at him under his eyelashes and was surprised to see a deflated expression on his father’s face.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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