balloon
Example Sentences
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Ana’s living room is decorated with black-and-white streamers and balloons, penguin stuffed animals, and bowls of black-and-white candy.
From Literature
Often, politicians float trial balloons like this in the media to gauge public reaction.
From MarketWatch
FAT Brands, the owner of restaurant concepts including Fatburger and Johnny Rockets, has filed for bankruptcy amid legal troubles and a ballooning pile of debt.
The older girls and older boys hold up giant balloon pencils, and they give us paper Cuban flags that we twirl around, shouting, “¡Cuba, Cuba, Cuba!”
From Literature
At one point, he refused to leave the house for a year, ballooning to 17 stone.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
