hot-air balloon

Example Sentences

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The temporary change in ownership is heralded by a giant orange orb the size of a hot-air balloon, adorned with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

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

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

According to ancestry.com, my great-great-great uncle was a “spotter” during World War One—he floated over the battlefield in a hot-air balloon and peered down into the German trenches.

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman