How to Use balloon in a Sentence

balloon

1 of 2 noun

• I blew up a balloon but then it burst.
• The unopened note was passed to a florist, who prepared a box of balloons.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Arrange the balloons in a pattern and stick on a wall, fence, or door.
  — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Mar. 2024
• The green and purple balloons hovered in the humid air.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2023
• For a bird’s eye view of the landscape, opt for a hot air balloon flight or a scenic flight across the great African wild.
  — Karthika Gupta, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2023
• The balloon had markings resembling eyes and a mustache and was tied to the home.
  — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2023
• Both the photos and the balloons were done by Charming Garlands.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
• Great chance to see hot air balloons in flight and enjoy some good food.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 21 July 2023
• The crowd loves Blue so much, that at the Cologne show, the audience held up blue balloons as a tribute to the pre-teen.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 June 2023
• The French firm has signed on the logistics team that managed the round-the-world balloon flight of Bertrand Piccard.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2023
• One side of the hallway is adorned with balloons in the red, white, black and green colors of the Palestinian flag.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The main focus of the mural shows a fan descending into the city with balloons that spell out the team’s name.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2024
• In the snap, the father-son pair are on a stage, surrounded by balloons and streamers.
  — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• The premise is fairly simple: If the balloon begins to blow your way, hit the paddle to send it back into the air and away from you.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 8 Nov. 2023
• The balloon letters are floating in and out of view behind the background screen outside.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2023
• The owl was the size of a terrier, but languidly buoyant in the way of a day-old Mylar balloon, and to my ears silent.
  — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2023
• The ceiling is covered with an ocean of red and green balloons, striped beach balls, and inflatable sharks and fish.
  — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• Over the course of the gathering, there was a group prayer, song and a balloon and butterfly release right around 6:30 p.m.
  — Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
• The day was complete with snowflake balloons, Elsa and Ana cardboard cutouts and a massive pink cake.
  — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
• Many people found the Watch’s battery could swell up and balloon, causing the display to either break or pop out of the watch case.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 June 2023
• Some of those condoms got turned into balloons and were bouncing around on top of the dancing crowds.
  — By Alex Harris, Ismael Moreira and Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• In the recent pic, the singer soft smiled next to some balloons and very delicious-looking doughnuts.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 31 May 2023
• The balloon first passed through American airspace in Alaska north of the Aleutian Islands.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
• In the carousel of snaps, Ocean can be seen sitting in front of a balloon arch, laughing in between his moms and eating some birthday cake.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Munn could be seen posing with her son next to a blue blow-up birthday balloon while standing in front of a set table.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• But the air was let out of the balloon on Sept. 11, the first Monday night of the season, when Rodgers tore an Achilles tendon, most likely knocking him out for the season.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2023
• But the balloons also present challenges for researchers.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 May 2023
• The other is in a gilded frame and hangs behind the easel — not just on the wall but skied, way up at the edge of the ceiling, like a helium balloon floating away.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• The word surreal aptly describes the video, which stars a guy with a yellow balloon for a noggin.
  — Sarah Whitmire, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• There are also balloons that mark the special occasion.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024

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balloon

2 of 2 verb

• Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000.
• The deficit ballooned in March this year to $378 billion.
  — Cristina Larue, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2023
• By the time the third quarter ended, the lead had ballooned to 13 in favor of the Tigers, which proved to be too much for the Cougars.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• By then, the number of mothers cheering me on from the crowd had ballooned to 10.
  — Michael Nelson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• The damage ballooned on him via four swings of the bat, however.
  — Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2023
• The crowd that started with two dozen attendees ballooned by the evening.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2023
• The deficit only ballooned from there, as the Fever allowed 17 points in the final 5 minutes.
  — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023
• The show’s budget ballooned, and its look became glossier.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• And the number of potential contenders to claim the West crown may have just ballooned.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
• Less than three minutes later, the lead had ballooned to 14.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• At least 99 people are dead and the economic cost of the fires could balloon to $7 billion.
  — NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
• The lead ballooned to 19 in the second half, but scored the last four baskets in regulation.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• The city’s population has ballooned as people flee the fighting in the north.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
• If the strikes were to go into mid-October, the cost could balloon to at least $6 billion.
  — Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
• The cost to repair and expand the plant has now ballooned to $900 million, according to the IBWC.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• In the meantime, the amount involved can balloon into tens of thousands of dollars or more.
  — David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2023
• The waist balloons out but the seam adds a hint of definition—wear it as-is or belted to create more shape.
  — Anna Vognsen, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2023
• By the time she was finished, a decade later, her little leaflet had ballooned into a 600-page tome.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Nov. 2023
• The two new reactors were supposed to cost $14 billion, but the price tag ballooned to $31 billion.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 1 Aug. 2023
• By the age of four, the average vocabulary has ballooned to more than 1,000 words.
  — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
• As Forbes’ reporting has shown, the value of NBA teams has ballooned in recent years.
  — Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• The fortune of a lifetime is waiting to be claimed by a lucky winner in the Mega Millions lottery, which has ballooned to a record $1.58 billion.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2023
• The Celtics’ advantage had ballooned to 44 points by the end of the first half, Boston’s largest halftime lead in franchise history.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• Phillip Ocon’s weight had ballooned to 350 pounds during his sophomore year at St. Francis High.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Baseball’s biggest hits these days are the numbers found on TikTok and YouTube that have ballooned the sport to a wider audience.
  — Dan Gelston, oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2023
• Even at a time when the cap continues to balloon, running backs have seen the top of their earning power diminish.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• The backlog of studies awaiting review and approval has ballooned since the panel last met in August.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
• Cohen, for example, wrote about how his commute from Randolph to Cambridge on the Red Line has now ballooned to an hour-and-a-half each way.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
• No ticket matched Wednesday night's winning Powerball numbers, and the prize has now ballooned to $1.23 billion for the next drawing.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2024
• These little slips of plastic and glass have ballooned to a $50 billion industry, but there’s a dirty secret underneath it all.
  — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024