How do you use the word "balloon" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "balloon": The balloon descended gradually as the air came out. A balloon is ascending into the sky.

Balloon Meaning

/bəˈluːn/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

nounSuch an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.

Sentence Examples

The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.

A balloon is ascending into the sky.

That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

inflate

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The child let go of the red ____ and watched it float away.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The young boy let go of his red ____, and it flew high into the sky.

Word Origin & History

First use appears c. 1591, "a game played with a large, inflated leather ball" (possibly via Middle French ballon) from Italian pallone (“large ball”) from palla (“ball”), from Lombardic *palla. The Northern Italian form, balla (“ball-shaped bundle”), today a doublet, likely derived from Old French balle, from Frankish *balla (“ball”), and may have influenced the spelling of this word. Both Germanic words are from Proto-Germanic *ballô (“ball”), *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”). Akin to Old High German ballo, bal (“ball”), (German Ballen (“bale”); Ball "ball"). Doublet of ballon. More at ball.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"We immediately threw out all the little things we had with us, ſuch as biſcuits, apples, &c. and after that one of our oars or wings; but ſtill deſcending, we caſt away the other wing, and then the governail ; having likewiſe had the precaution, for fear of accidents, while the Balloon was filling, partly to looſen and make it go eaſy, I now ſucceeded in attempting to reach without the Car, and unſcrewing the moulinet, with all its apparatus; I likewiſe caſt that into the ſea." — 1786, John Jeffries, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, A narrative of the two aerial Voyages of Dr. J. with Mons. Blanchard: with meteorological observations and remarks., page 45:

"And all I had to do in return was take a drive up to Ricardo's place on the way home and then a pretty edgy one back to Rondebosch with a balloon of coke sandwiched between two pairs of underpants." — 2016, David Cornwell, Like it Matters:

"The purpose of the balloon is to reduce the periodic payment required during the life of the financing period." — 1986, James M. Johnson, Fundamentals of finance for equipment lessors:

"For the franchise’s ballooning, unmanageable cast of mutants, picking sides now seems to have less to do with choosing between cooperation (which the recent movies implicitly distrust) and resistance, and more with whichever flashback-prone white dude’s overbearing savior complex works for you." — 2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2017:

"ScotRail has long been run at a significant subsidy, with only the Edinburgh-Glasgow express line making a profit from fares, but government support has ballooned since the start of the pandemic." — 2022 April 6, Conrad Landin, “ScotRail in the public eye...”, in RAIL, number 954, page 39:

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