deflate

Example Sentences

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Kramer warns that if the team doesn’t deflate fast enough, the next balloon in the lineup “will just walk right over the top of us.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Saudi Arabia is also pulling back on its government spending, with deflated oil prices forcing it to downsize many of its gigaprojects, Callen added.

From Los Angeles Times

Under these trying circumstances, Hinrichs’s delivery was both muscular and somehow deflated.

From New York Times

“They had the five-on-three right away and they capitalized. It’s deflating.”

From Seattle Times

The best proof we have of the power of comedy to deflate Trump's massive media ego is the fact that he was obsessed with its power over him.

From Salon