Example Sentences
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Deflated by the turnover, the Commanders’ defense then gave up a series of Barkley runs to allow New York into field goal territory.
From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2022
Deflated, he went back home and joined his father's carpentry business - helping to lay the floor at Wembley Stadium, instead of singing under its famous arches.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022
Deflated: Rather than add to your conversation with your daughter, I suggest you take away something: your own sense of embarrassment, shame and any responsibility you might be tempted to assume for her rudeness.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2021
Deflated and bewildered, the returned migrants spent their first day back trying to decide what to do next.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021
Deflated, I shove the drawer back into the wardrobe.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
