How to Use inflate in a Sentence

inflate

verb

• We used a pump to inflate the raft.
• Rapid economic growth may cause prices to inflate.
• Economists warn that rapid economic growth could inflate prices.
• Increased competition has inflated salaries among professional athletes.
• They're shipped to you flat and come with a straw to inflate and string to hang.
  — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
• The whole thing is easy to set up—inflate, fill, and add your ice.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• That could mean inflated prices at the top of the market.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• But the price of other goods has kept inflating over the past year.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
• The smoothest way to do that is to inflate the price of real estate and the stock market.
  — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• If your tortilla doesn’t inflate, the culprit might be a small tear in the seam.
  — Haneen J. Iqbal, Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2023
• Second, the bones are large and look like they’ve been inflated.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Aug. 2023
• That’s what chefs are forced to choose between as food prices inflate.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2021
• The above-ground pool inflates in 30 minutes and can hold eight or more people.
  — Veronica Graham, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2023
• Do not inflate your tires to the pressure listed on the tire itself.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 20 Dec. 2022
• But its payout growth will inflate the yield on a buy made today.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021
• At this point, lift up the skimmer so the tortilla can inflate like a balloon.
  — Haneen J. Iqbal, Bon Appétit, 2 Feb. 2023
• Aikens flipped a switch, rerouting the exhaust to inflate the gargantuan tires, and the Sherp rolled to the edge of the river.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2022
• This style is inflated in two breaths and it can be folded up and packed away when not in use.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024
• The nearest vessel was 60 minutes away, and the men inflated the lifeboat.
  — Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
• Adding four programs of any kind is solely to inflate the value of what is left.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
• The ewe brought a bowl of milk, while the lion painted a large balloon, filled it with four seeds of wheat, and inflated it.
  — Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
• Mild cases may have been missed, inflating the death rate.
  — Sam Ogozalek, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024
• Just inflate the screen via its quiet air blower that'll keep your screen up throughout the evening.
  — Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 4 Feb. 2022
• McKeon has a good chance to further inflate her medal haul.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 31 July 2021
• If so, the study results could inflate the role of stress in developing long Covid.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022
• Airbags, which inflate forcefully in the event of a crash, can injure small children.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 4 Apr. 2023
• Plenty of parks inflate homers more, none come close on doubles.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• Setup: The pump inflates the whole mattress in about two minutes.
  — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 11 July 2023
• Vance and Trump eventually pivoted from the pets to the city’s other issues — grossly inflating the problems.
  — Maria Ramirez Uribe and Amy Sherman, Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2024
• The free agent market this offseason has inflated beyond all expectations, and expectations were that the going rate on the trade market would be the same way.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025