hot-air balloon
Example Sentences
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The cover featured a lithograph by Odilon Redon of an enormous eye in the shape of a hot-air balloon, a piece that apparently was inspired by Poe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
From there, chunks of bedroom and kitchen silently floated over the power lines and were lowered into place, workers twisting the walls into alignment with hanging guidelines like from a hot-air balloon.
From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025
A hot-air balloon regatta due to take place over London on Sunday 21 July has been postponed once again due to poor weather conditions.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024
The centerpiece of Levine’s battle plan was the launching of a hot-air balloon, with a reporter and a photographer in the basket.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
I asked her if ‘being let down’ was like coming back to earth with a bump if you let air out of a hot-air balloon too fast, and she said yes, it was like that.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
