deflated
Example Sentences
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In contrast, when he faced the cameras after Trump told him to cancel his plans to attack Beirut on Monday, the leading Israeli newspaper columnist Ben Caspit said he looked like a deflated balloon.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Egos will be deflated where necessary, lessons learned.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Elsewhere, steel structures appear variously deflated, vacuum-sealed, flopped, melted and wrinkled.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
She paused, smiling, “So to go from being absolutely deflated to ‘Wow, it’s really fun to win an Oscar’ was wild.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The basket was crumbled, the red-and-blue striped bag ripped and deflated.
From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff
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