hot-air balloon

Example Sentences

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I tried to copy it, unsuccessfully, if you take my teacher’s response to my own story about a hot-air balloon as any indication.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“The pink silks, bronze golds and the upholstery, it all suits Glinda. And the bubble becomes a hot-air balloon — the Wizard’s technology.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

From there, chunks of bedroom and kitchen silently floated over the power lines and were lowered into place, workers twisting the walls into alignment with hanging guidelines like from a hot-air balloon.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

A hot-air balloon regatta due to take place over London on Sunday 21 July has been postponed once again due to poor weather conditions.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

She could tell that he was also watching the hot-air balloon behind the sugar mill fence out of the corner of his eye.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat