How to Use balloon in a Sentence
- I blew up a balloon but then it burst.
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The hot air balloon is one of them.
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Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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There were lots and lots of pink balloons.
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Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Crafts, fun and a balloon drop at noon.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
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This silky balloon top is just the thing.
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Aemilia Madden,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
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The balloon didn’t hit our house or our trees.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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Plus, where to take a hot air balloon ride.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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Two boys saw the balloons had drooped to the ground.
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Sue Ambrose,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The lace balloon sleeves are the star of the show.
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Kenedee Fowler,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Oct. 2025
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Soft bombers and balloon harem pants felt like good items to track.
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Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the balloon has both a center and an edge.
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Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The other lets go of a red balloon.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Love it or hate it, low-rise jeans are back and come in the balloon style.
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India Roby,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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One of the sources said the object was a balloon.
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Clara McMichael,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Zoom is like bringing a knife to a balloon flight.
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Sloane Crosley,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Enjoy a craft, snacks and a balloon drop.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
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Your once-tight team meetings start to balloon.
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Hope Horner,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Stimpfle watched the balloon rise and move offshore.
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Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Great chance to see hot air balloons in flight and enjoy some good food.
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Sam Boyer,
cleveland,
21 July 2023
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There will be a clown, face painting and balloon art for the kids.
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Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The balloon didn’t catch on anything.
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Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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The balloon didn't catch on anything.
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Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Add a third horse to each leg, and the cost balloons to $729.
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Neil Greenberg,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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No aircraft or balloons were believed to be in the area.
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Collin Binkley,
Fortune,
15 June 2026
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No aircraft or balloons were believed to be in the area.
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ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Why not use a balloon that's also anchored to the ground?
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Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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To achieve this, Sting is much more than a load of alarming balloons.
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David Szondy
may 24,
New Atlas,
24 May 2026
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The unopened note was passed to a florist, who prepared a box of balloons.
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Stephania Taladrid,
The New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2024
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Arrange the balloons in a pattern and stick on a wall, fence, or door.
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Kit Selzer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Mar. 2024
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Enjoy a dance party, crafts, balloon drop at noon and more.
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Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
29 Dec. 2025
- Their credit card debt ballooned to more than $5,000.
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Beef costs have ballooned as much as 12% in the past year.
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Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Since then, the price tag attached to the project has ballooned.
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Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
6 May 2026
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The switch ballooned mortgage rates.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
19 May 2026
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Musk’s own net worth has rapidly ballooned in value.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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It’s really ballooned over the past five years.
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Dave Smith,
Fortune,
12 Aug. 2025
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The chat ballooned to a few hundred people across the world within weeks.
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Farhan Mustafa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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The damage ballooned on him via four swings of the bat, however.
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Journal Sentinel,
27 June 2023
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To be sure, supply might not balloon at the rapid pace many homebuyers might hope for.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
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The crowd that started with two dozen attendees ballooned by the evening.
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Chris Bieri,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 June 2023
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The lead ballooned to 73-48 by the end of the third quarter.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Love for Joe’s ballooned, so much so that it couldn’t be contained to one building.
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Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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Their deficit ballooned past 20 points midway through the third quarter.
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Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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That wouldn’t change if the CFP ballooned to 48 teams.
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Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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That gap ballooned to 10 in the second quarter.
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Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Dec. 2025
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Since then, Rothko’s auction record has ballooned greatly.
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Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
14 May 2026
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Instead, the number attached to the deficit has ballooned.
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Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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His price ballooned well beyond what the Eagles were willing to spend.
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Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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But that just an early estimate, that could also balloon the same way the pipe and pump plan did.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles’ lead ballooned to as large as 18 points in the first half.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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By then, the number of mothers cheering me on from the crowd had ballooned to 10.
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Michael Nelson,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 May 2023
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Chen says adding in smaller storms, heat, or wildfire health impacts would balloon the numbers.
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Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
29 Feb. 2024
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As things developed, that number ballooned to over a half-million.
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Khari Nixon,
SPIN,
6 June 2023
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Net losses ballooned as per above from $453 million.
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Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The halftime lead ballooned to 97-75.
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Jason Quick,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the meantime, the amount involved can balloon into tens of thousands of dollars or more.
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David Hilzenrath and Jodie Fleischer,
CBS News,
19 Oct. 2023
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At that stage, most city streets will be in a failed state, and the cost to repair them will balloon to over $15 billion.
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Mark Pittman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
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The waist balloons out but the seam adds a hint of definition—wear it as-is or belted to create more shape.
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Anna Vognsen,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2023
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And the number of potential contenders to claim the West crown may have just ballooned.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2024
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Since then, the party’s membership has ballooned.
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Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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