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How to use balloon in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Balloon means an inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. Example: “His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.”

Examples of balloon by meaning

nounA ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.

  • the balloon of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London

nounA small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.

  • And all I had to do in return was take a drive up to Ricardo's place on the way home and then a pretty edgy one back to Rondebosch with a balloon of coke sandwiched between two pairs of underpants.2016, David Cornwell, Like it Matters

nounSynonym of balloon payment.

  • The purpose of the balloon is to reduce the periodic payment required during the life of the financing period.1986, James M. Johnson, Fundamentals of finance for equipment lessors

verbTo increase or expand rapidly.

  • His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.
  • Prices will balloon if we don't act quickly.
  • ScotRail has long been run at a significant subsidy, with only the Edinburgh-Glasgow express line making a profit from fares, but government support has ballooned since the start of the pandemic.2022 April 6, Conrad Landin, “ScotRail in the public eye...”, in RAIL, number 954, page 39

verbTo inflate like a balloon.

  • A puff of wind from the open door caught and ballooned the scanties; off they sailed, out the window billowing into freedom.1944, Emily Carr, “Peach Scanties”, in The House of All Sorts

verbTo strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.

  • After four minutes, leading goalscorer Haworth slid in but ballooned the ball over from six yards, and Hume then outran the defence to get to the by-line, but he could only hit his cross straight out.2015, Steve Wilson, A View From The Terraces (part 2, page 138)

verbOf an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.

  • The plane ballooned into the air about 20 feet, banging down again for another good-sized hop.1961, Flying Magazine, volume 69, number 3, page 86

More sentences with balloon

  • I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.From the entry burst
  • The balloon will pop when I stick this pin in it.From the entry stick
  • I tossed the water balloon and it landed smack-dab on the top of his head.From the entry smack-dab
  • The word “red” in “the red balloon” is an attributive adjective.From the entry attributive adjective
  • For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.From the entry blow up
  • The balloon was equipped with a burner to create hot air for lift.From the entry hot air
  • The festival had balloons, flowers, fireworks, performers, and the whole shebang.From the entry whole shebang
  • The ascension of the hot-air balloon gave us a better view.From the entry ascension
  • The spectators gaped helplessly as the balloon approached the power lines.From the entry helplessly
  • Ed Yost's first hot-air balloon was basketless, with nothing but a seat for him to ride on.From the entry basketless
  • Balloon loops can be useful for passenger trains and unit freight trains, such as coal trains.From the entry balloon loop
  • The inflation of the balloon took five hours.From the entry inflation
  • The balloon floated up into the blue.From the entry blue
  • The children were immediately entranced by all the balloons.From the entry entrance
  • I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.From the entry burst
  • Helium balloons float in air, while air-filled balloons don't.From the entry float
  • The balloon floated off into the distance.From the entry float
  • The boy with the pin popped the balloon.From the entry pop
  • I brought a whole lot of balloons for the party. She ate a whole bunch of french fries.From the entry whole
  • You inflate a balloon by blowing air into it.From the entry inflate
  • The balloon will inflate if you blow into it.From the entry inflate
  • A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.From the entry straw
  • Each table was adorned with a bouquet of giant balloons.From the entry bouquet
  • The balloon was drifting in the breeze.From the entry drift
  • We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon.From the entry weigh down
  • Weather balloons at maximum altitude are considered HALOs.From the entry halo
  • The balloon drifted upwards into the sky.From the entry upwards
  • You can dress up that proposal however you want; it's still going to go over like a lead balloon.From the entry dress up
  • The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.From the entry inflated
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:balloon goes up.From the entry balloon goes up
  • The national debt has ballooned trillionfold in the past century.From the entry trillionfold

Meaning of balloon

  1. noun An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
  2. noun Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
  3. noun Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.

Full definition of balloon

Questions about balloon in a sentence

How do you use balloon in a sentence?
Balloon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “His stomach ballooned from eating such a large meal.”
What is a short sentence with balloon?
“The balloon drifted upwards into the sky.”
What does balloon mean?
Balloon means an inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: balloon (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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