fire balloon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fire balloon
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Winds gusting through a vast tinderbox of undergrowth made the fire balloon in size and merge with a smaller blaze.
From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2021
From the fire balloon invented by the Montgolfier Brothers, in 1782, to the superior hydrogen balloon of M.M.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 by Various
A body of the students who had imbibed from the Professor of Natural Philosophy an enthusiasm about aerostation, proposed to raise money for the sufferers by making and exhibiting a huge fire balloon.
From A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy by Spalding, William
A religious Order is like a fire balloon, which requires four conditions in order to rise into the clouds amidst the applause of the spectators.
From Fraternal Charity by Valuy, Benôit
Blaze up like a fire balloon just because I said that, will you?
From The Third Violet by Crane, Stephen
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