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• So, some very deflated people trudged back into the hotel bar to drown their sorrows.2021, Jordan Wylie, The Power of the Paddle. From the entry deflated
• Hurt and disappointment are very deflated states to be in, with little energy to them.2018, Ralph De La Rosa, The Monkey Is the Messenger, page 208. From the entry deflated
• To laugh off tempts to going overly 'blue' (any rejoiceless spirits), depressed, deflated, etc.2015, Father Yours, *John 6:66, Eternity with the TRINITY Vs Eternity with the Beast. From the entry rejoiceless
• Some people just experience a vague uneasieness around them, others actually fear deflated ones.2013, Rodney Curtis, Getting Laid (Off), →ISBN. From the entry globophobia
• In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club. From the entry reform
• At this point it will have domed slightly and will be just beginning to deflate.2003, Rose Levy Beranbaum, The Bread Bible, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry poolish
• It's just more femismo designed to inflate the deflated self-esteems of mean spirited women.1996 October 13, westel [username], “Re: May/December Emotional Facelifts”, in alt.support.divorce (Usenet). From the entry femismo
• To "bust on" someone is "to deflate their pretensions by means of aggressive verbal mockery." Mr.1989 April 9, “Campus Life: Rutgers Anthropologist Examines Sex Life On the Raritan”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Feb 2018. From the entry bust on
• An ozempic face may appear malnourished, deflated and sagging."2023 July 10, Imre Kusztrich, Dr. med. Jan-Dirk Fauteck, Pricking slim with Ozempic like Elon Musk: Anti-fat injections Ozempic, Wegovy…. From the entry Ozempic face
• Everton were, perhaps understandably, deflated at the setback and it was no surprise when Suarez added Liverpool's second after 82 minutes.2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2012. From the entry Uruguayan
• Laid out on the cot was a single piece of dark clothing that looked like someone's deflated shadow.2011, Donovan Rush, Obsession. From the entry zentai
• A further wave of fluorescent balloons gently deflated, exhaling into miniature harmonicas to breathe an eerie music of the spheres.1996 October 17, Judith Palmer, “Culture: EVENT The Incident ICA, London”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 17 Jan 2016. From the entry music of the spheres
• Deflate arguing by outlistening the other person.1984, United States Marine Corps, User's Guide to Marine Corps Leadership, page 5. From the entry outlisten
• The lubricated mask is inserted fully deflated, with the patient's head and neck in the sniffing position (lower neck flexed and upper neck extended, flextension).2019, Jonathan Thompson, Iain Moppett, Matthew Wiles, Smith and Aitkenhead's Textbook of Anaesthesia, →ISBN, page 471. From the entry flextension
• Two years ago Scotland started against England here, following a rousing rendition of Flower of Scotland, like a deflated set of bagpipes.2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the…. From the entry Auld Enemy
• The trick is to not overfold the ingredients; doing so causes the egg whites to deflate, resulting in a flat or soggy soufflé.2012, Culture Magazine, Cheese For Dummies, page 305. From the entry overfold
• Except for turnings with a deflated rear tire as an outerside tire, difference in the performance is small between fixed control and manual control.1974, Shoichi Sano, “Steering and Handling Characteristics of a Vehicle when Fail-safe Tire is Deflated”, in Fifth International Technical…. From the entry turning
• Some of the cars he deflates are parked on the gravelled drives of expensive homes, where security systems trigger floodlights as soon as anyone intrudes on to the grounds.2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry unflustered
• Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice. From the entry inhale
• With the possible exception of cliquishness, in each of these regards Fenton is more like Larkin: plain-spoken, unprolific and firmly in possession of a deflated sense of poetic vocation.2007 February 11, Stephen Metcalf, “Informal Menace”, in New York Times. From the entry unprolific

Meaning of deflate

1. verb To remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.
2. verb To cause an object to decrease or become smaller in some parameter, e.g. to shrink.
3. verb To reduce the amount of available currency or credit and thus lower prices.

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How do you use deflate in a sentence?

Deflate is used as a verb. For example: “Scotland's first match at a men's major finals in 23 years ended in anguish after Patrik Schick's incredible halfway-line goal helped the Czech Republic inflict a deflating opening Euro 2020 defeat at Hampden.”

What is a short sentence with deflate?

“deflate someone's ego”

What does deflate mean?

Deflate means to remove air or some other gas from within an elastic container, e.g. a balloon or tyre.