balloon
Example Sentences
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“The first victims are party balloons: you can quite easily allocate less there and deal with a few angry parents,” Kapadia said.
Gingersnipes drew a deep inhale, then threw open the front door—relishing the way the cloak ballooned around her.
From Literature
From its humble beginnings when the founders worked out of Jobs’ family garage, Apple has ballooned over the last five decades, opening a sprawling ring-shaped headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., and employing roughly 166,000 workers.
From Los Angeles Times
While most people might be familiar with helium as a filler for balloons, the gas is used as a coolant, including in semiconductor manufacturing and MRI machines.
From Salon
At hubs like Houston, Atlanta and New York, wait times have ballooned to hours, with viral videos showing passengers winding through snaking lines that stretch far beyond normal TSA checkpoints.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
