Sentence examples for deflate for from inspiring English sources

"deflate for" is not a grammatically correct phrase
In written English, it would be more appropriate to say "deflate something" or "deflate for a certain purpose." For example: "I need to deflate the tires on my bike before going on a long ride" or "The team's hopes were deflated after losing the championship game."

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When the adrenaline of this 67-day rampage wears off Sneijder's aura is bound to deflate for longer than the summer average.

Assertions that the US economy has begun to deflate for the first time since 1955 with the slump in demand pushing energy and food costs lower stirred some memories in Novelist, who posted: "Back to 1955?

Vignali's antic prose staggers in and out of coherence like a student video ad-libbed as it is shot, and it also reminded me of the scatological graffiti, most of it in Latin, that one finds in the catacombs of Roman churches, and which seems to have been etched into the stone expressly to deflate, for future generations, the mystique of antiquity.

Removing the fluid allows the balloon to deflate for safer removal.

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The outcome was deflating for Damron and Hart.

My friend Bruce suggested soccer balls which, he explained, could be deflated for travel.

"And that was really heartbreaking and deflating for some of them.

But Surhoff went to the Mets' division rival, and that was somewhat deflating for Phillips.

Losing basketball would have been deflating for Picaro, the former St. Patrick principal and the new school's headmaster.

Such pragmatism might sound deflating for the more passionate City fans, but it has been crucial for Fernadinho's career.

"It's always been a bit deflating for young girls who jumped because they had little to look forward to," Lussi said.

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