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Discover LudwigThe phrase "speech balloon" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the graphic representation of a character's speech or dialogue in a cartoon or comic. Example: The character's speech balloon was filled with bold, vibrant letters to express their excitement.
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speech balloon
noun
A speech bubble.
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In a speech balloon, the chef complains: "I hate evaporating!
When you've pressed send, the text plonks itself into a speech balloon.
And beyond all this an empty speech balloon bobs at the painting's edge, too small to contain the verbiage.
That means it's also the birthday of Desperate Dan, Korky the Cat and, according to the book British Comics – A Cultural History, the speech balloon.
An upside-down yellow bird head emerges from the bottom of the orange H and expresses itself in a right-side-up, sky-blue, empty speech balloon.
A photo of Mr. Obama's face beamed from the side of a large caramel-colored bus parked at the curb, with the words "You Didn't Build That" near his mouth in a speech balloon.
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In a playful touch, huge flat set pieces pop up, looking like speech balloons in cartoons.
It is not history, but right-wing talk radio with speech balloons.
The resemblances to Earth are blunt enough for an eco-savvy kindergartner and pop off the screen like speech balloons.
Sometimes they erupt into full‑blown comics, conveying dialogue in speech balloons that float happily amid the text.
Rochelle Feinstein's three images with added speech balloons could be about a photographic impulse or a sexual one.
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