balloon
noun
a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
was ballooning
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past progressiveof balloon.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the private-credit industry was ballooning in size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Part of the reason was ballooning salaries of public employees.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
The result was ballooning conscript armies of hundreds of thousands, making military service nearly universal for men.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Shirlington Village was ballooning into a commercial anchor, with high-rise apartments, dozens of restaurants and a major bus station.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
He squealed and grabbed hold of Dad's shirt, which was ballooning in the wind.
From On Our Selection by Steele Rudd
