inflate - use in sentences

Object

  • balloon: Eventually he " somehow managed " to inflate a balloon with the gas.
  • airbag: Exhaust gases inflate the airbag by way of a hose connected to the vehicle's exhaust.
  • jacket: You want to be able to pull yourself out and then inflate the jacket.

Modifying Another Word

  • falsely: Her objective here can only be to falsely inflate the number of refugees emanating from the so-called " Milosevic case area.

Preposition: in

  • second: It inflates in seconds, can be fitted in minutes and lasts for years.

Modifying Another Word

  • grossly: Putting in enough material to explain Markov models would have grossly inflated the chapter.
  • orally: The stole should then be inflated orally and air dried.
  • vastly: Then they sell the shoes for vastly inflated prices to poor black kids from the first world.
  • massively: The BBC and other media perhaps massively inflated the figures without any reference to reality.

Preposition: with

  • water: The male has a pouch he may inflate with water to attract females, who may compete to win him.
  • pump: An internal rubber bladder ensures the ball can be easily inflated with a standard pump.
  • air: It is a bit like a football being pumped up and inflated with air.
  • helium: The balloons are inflated with helium, ribboned, weighted and come with a card with your personal message.

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