deflate
verb (used with object)
to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon).
was deflating
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past progressiveof deflate.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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Prior to this latest episode, the last time the number of negative-beta stocks peaked was in early 2001, as the dot-com bubble was deflating.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Still, it was deflating for them to hear.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
For residents of the district, which hugs the 110 Freeway south of downtown and includes some of the poorest neighborhoods in the city, the latest scandal was deflating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Le Monde newspaper previously reported that passengers had first contacted officials in France's Channel rescue centre at 01:48, saying their boat was deflating and their engine had failed.
From BBC ● May 25, 2023
It was deflating her of all energy to the point where she couldn't follow the characters or plot since the figures were now helter-skelter in the meaninglessness that was rife in her own mind.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
