Example sentences for: deflated

How can you use “deflated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But by February 1994, the plan had collapsed, and its failure deflated both the superhighway hype and Malone's reputation as an irresistible force.

  • Polling has whittled politics into a science, and money has monstrously deflated the importance of grassroots support.

  • But the scare was deflated by reports that 1) air-traffic controllers and the 727 crew bore the blame for the first incident; 2) the pilot who alleged the second incident still hasn't filed a report; and 3) near-collision reports between military and civilian planes have actually fallen sharply in this decade.

  • An aspiration catheter is used to remove the debris from the treated vessel before the balloon is deflated and antegrade flow in the treated vessel is restored.

  • In the opening paragraph of his New York Times op-ed, Brinkley opined: "It's as if suddenly, an entire generation's optimism is deflated, and all that is left is the limp reality of growing old."


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