deflated

Example Sentences

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Deflated by the turnover, the Commanders’ defense then gave up a series of Barkley runs to allow New York into field goal territory.

From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Deflated, he went back home and joined his father's carpentry business - helping to lay the floor at Wembley Stadium, instead of singing under its famous arches.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022

Deflated: Rather than add to your conversation with your daughter, I suggest you take away something: your own sense of embarrassment, shame and any responsibility you might be tempted to assume for her rudeness.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021

Deflated, I talk to Elizabeth, my former sophomore-year roommate, who is now in her third year of law school.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2019

Deflated, I shove the drawer back into the wardrobe.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau