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1. I started to deflate
2. It wasn't his fault," she continued, hoping to deflate him with words instead
3. They used to make a noise like an out of tune set of bagpipes and at first we used to shoot them so they would deflate and let the gas out but it didn’t work and they just swelled up again so we didn’t bother
4. His hand relaxed and dropped from my arm and it fell back white against the dark earth and his whole body seemed to deflate like a child’s balloon
5. The volume of currency in circulation, understood as ―money supply,‖ whether in paper dollars in the hands of the consumer or investor or held on deposit by financial institutions or the currency reserves of Federal Reserve Banks or the United States Treasury are indicators that will either stimulate or deflate investor confidence and subsequent consumer spending
6. How marvelous also that a scientist of the caliber of this author has been able to deflate the conceit of an atheist who only coincidentally happens to be schooled in the scientific arena of ideas, but as I suspect, is just a different kind of believer
7. You could see, one by one, the Hip Hop Breakers had started to deflate
8. I feel the anger that was swelling within me deflate as I turn the vial over in my fingers, inside my pocket
9. Deflate dough very gently before using and allow it to rest 15 minutes more before using in a
10. The balloons of fantasy deflate
11. ‘Damn,’ said Titus, flinching from the cold and trying to deflate any tension, ‘I was hoping you would have had it warmed up a little by now
12. He seemed to deflate and sink lower onto the cot
13. His whole body seemed to deflate when he slowly shook his head, looking at her with desperation in his green eyes
14. For a moment, he grasped his desk tightly, unable to deflate a now sudden erection
15. As he continued through towards the 300th ticket, his mind started to deflate, knowing the odds were ultimately stacked against him; even a large purchase of 330
16. seek a company with a high but consistent operating leverage that will not deflate at the
17. The sphere of light began to deflate, shrink, fold, and bend
18. Duana used a knife that she had manifested with her suit to deflate the airbags
19. If they continue to deflate at this rate maybe I will have a soft landing after all, I reassured myself
20. “Dead,” I told her, completely accurately, but it seemed to deflate her all the same
21. freely sport ingest, deflate our tired lives away, far out and too many at that, so it is said;
22. As her spirit began to deflate, she heard the crisp sound of a flute
23. George Batten seemed to deflate before their eyes
24. “In that case, why did you bring Eugene?” She looks at me like I’m an idiot, and all my heroic feelings deflate
25. Jaron smiled at her but his concentration was lost, the ball starting to deflate like someone had stuck a pin in a balloon
26. out effort in inflating the deflating tire faster than the deflating tire can deflate
27. But if you can deflate somebody’s ego regularly enough
28. Perhaps more frequent encounters would deflate their infatuation
29. Puller took a step back, his whole body seemed to deflate, and he looked at his feet
30. I felt my soul deflate
31. My wife acted as an aggressive contrarian would, but when would a conservative contrarian assume an above-normal stock market allocation? Certainly the market had fallen far enough, almost 50 percent as measured by the S&P, to deflate the preceding bubble
32. And historical experience suggested that it would take months and probably years to deflate
1. fell to his knees like a blow up doll that had just been deflated
2. It was just a deflated practice for me,
3. I was a bit crestfallen and deflated by this remark and I wondered if Helen might feel the same when we were married
4. He gave them a sort of deflated bow as if granting his Royal permission
5. He was deflated by the look of horror on Maureen's face
6. He felt deflated
7. ” The wind bag pushed off his face scarlet and sweat breaking out on his brow his ego had been deflated and like all cowards he had retreated he must have thought he was dealing with new recruits or something though he now knew better
8. ” Helen then deflated my ego in seconds saying
9. At that point, she deflated
10. Killing the boar had left Brokin completely deflated
11. She looked about wildly, saucer-eyed, battling to retain the harsh smoke, and lost: her body deflated explosively, overcome by a coughing fit
12. As soon as I collapsed onto it, I realized that it was partially deflated
13. Just four minutes later, the Lincoln player, Lennon, side-footed into the County net and the crowd buzz turned into a deflated hiss
14. Jock felt deflated he had hoped something could be done for Chandelle; Cullen cut into his thoughts… you still there old boy?
15. these years,” she muttered to herself as she leaned into the bushes to try and pull out the half deflated football
16. YES, my damned melons grew into deflated
17. he just stays there, hunched over, deflated
18. With one hand Titus pulled the deflated Athene back up to her feet
19. ” I just deflated to about two inches tall
20. The three were lying deflated on the bed while she was deciding which to be proved first
21. " Jon looked deflated
22. Deflated, Uretep turned to Peteru
23. Sebastian entered the office feeling somehow deflated
24. ” Richard’s head slumped again, his voice deflated
25. He pointed out to Matthew that the winner, a boy from Rock Street, had deflated tyres
26. The knowing of only one person in the town of his birth was what deflated Matthew that day and that was tenuous at that
27. The big tyre hissed and deflated in seconds
28. He deflated and said in a small voice, “okay
29. ‖ The deflated Greek had stopped sweating and his skin had an ashen hue that reminded Samson of death
30. The deflated dogs ran away in fear
31. Talk about shy, he had about as much go in him as a deflated balloon Freda thought
32. his body and he suddenly felt deflated
33. He looked away for a second and then spoke, “Are there no more buses tonight, either? Do I need to find a room here?” Henry felt defeated and nearly deflated of all the joy that had built-up in his heart as he rocked on the waves and put up with the asses on the bus
34. " Her eyes deflated slowly
35. Immediately, the reflection in the mirror he saw every day was transplanted into the body of that deflated man
36. His ego, although moderate, had felt deflated beyond repair; and that was reduced even more by knowing he didn't even have the pressure anymore, of having to maintain respectable grades
37. A couple of hours had passed when Mr Jay came in for a drink of water, ‘be out of here in thirty minutes’ he said, the adrenalin began to flow, when Mr Hawk called me to help load the truck I palmed both guns, I shot Mr Hawk first him being the most dangerous, then I put a dart into Mr Jay they both went down like deflated balloons, going out to the panel van I checked that the box was in the back, I was on the highest high I’d ever had as I drove to the boat ramp, Flynn was waiting for me and we soon had the box on board and Flynn covered it with a canvas sheet as I started the boat and headed for Flynn’s four wheel drive parked at the Beachmere ramp, Flynn opened a stubby of V
38. That deflated the secretary quickly
39. Note: Ego is inflated in this life; it is deflated in context of the Universe and eternal life
40. Deflated, Stokes fidgeted with his reins
41. Seeing the deflated tires, they cursed and swore
42. Death deflated the body, a difference imperceptible to the eyes, a sense of
43. That deflated Truman in one mighty hurry
44. an acceptable level and would penalize creditors with deflated dollars
45. glutted and prices will have deflated
46. Grant Tripp was totally deflated and with his aggression now nonexistent he seemed in no hurry to leave
47. Ingrid’s happiness was partly deflated by that and she sighed audibly
48. Do not be deflated by the mood or behaviour of others
49. As happy as I was when I went to bed that morning, I now felt completely deflated, sad to the core of my being
50. Several of the balloons looked wrinkled, and it was obvious that they had deflated on their own
1. The scientist instantly deflates
2. The vest: think of it as a simple life preserver that inflates and deflates with these buttons
3. deflates like a balloon, and starting this moment presents a tired, confused,
4. However, a quick glance at the PBS Capitol Fourth website quickly deflates this argument
5. The party that wins the election deflates the economy when voters can't take revenge at the polls
6. In his defense of short selling, Meeker states that short selling stabilizes prices when no other buyers exist, reduces the risk of manipulation, deflates bubbles, and provides liquidity
1. His now expressionless face, like a mask, began lose its shape; it was as if it had once been filled with air and was now deflating
2. The lads cheered and whistled as they congratulated me on deflating that pompous clown and Anne came across and sat between me and Elijah
3. Designed to provide a safety net for fiscal mismanagement, this egregious measure undermines financial planning while deflating tax payer morale
4. “What’s your problem, you desiccated old prune? You don’t like the word ‘fuck?’ Try doing it once in a while, why don’t you, it works wonders on wrinkles!” In a deflating gasp, the woman cast her eyes downward and her knitting resumed, the needles clicking a furious tempo
5. Yes, the creature was kind of deflating down onto the ground
6. Watching the world deflating
7. - Emotional abuse involves invalidating or deflating the victim's sense of self-worth and/or self-esteem
8. It is as simple, impersonal, and ego deflating as that
9. For several months he was seen wandering about with a toolbox that the gypsies must have left behind in José Arcadio Buendía’s days, and no one knew whether because of the involuntary exercise, the winter tedium or the imposed abstinence, but his belly was deflating little by little like a wineskin and his face of a beatific tortoise was becoming less bloodshot and his double chin less prominent until he became less pachydermic all over and was able to tie his own shoes again
10. " Mitchell then grabbed the back of his neck to comfort his slowly deflating morale
11. His eyes were deflating rapidly, and the massive wound looked directly above the heart
12. Why had he never thought of it? He took a breath and exhaled fully with the sound of a deflating tyre
13. It was just that I’d convinced myself that if I was seventy, then my grown-up twins had been lobbying those high up in local government on my behalf, and it was deflating to learn that they had done nothing of the sort
14. that his raft was deflating
15. The paper-bag came out again, and he spent a few minutes furiously inflating and deflating it before he was able to reply
16. It fell to the floor and finished deflating like a water bed with a dozen punctures, oozing multi-colored fluids, and bubbling gasses
17. Jackson gave a surprisingly shrill whistle, as though he was deflating
18. deflating my tires was the final straw
19. out effort in inflating the deflating tire faster than the deflating tire can deflate
20. This contradicted Newton’s deflating or pulling Universe and this
21. For all his annoying traits, from his intellectual superiority to his deflating morality, Rafferty recognised that there was a tantalising depth to his sergeant that was intriguing
22. She sighed, exhaling forcefully like a balloon deflating
23. Now they were deflating the way a jumping castle sagged and wrinkled as the air hissed out
24. Deflating its balloons, the onboard computer reported the successful landing back to Earth
25. It thinks it’s just pumping the air out of a small area, but it’s actually deflating the whole bedroom
26. But in the last days of his life, in the struggle against the deflating raft and the jumping sharks, he had given all he had left
27. No one at time deflating her conceit
28. Prices have been deflating in Japan since 1989, with real estate and the stock market dropping in value year after year—a relentless water torture for the world’s second-largest economy
29. She might be right, but it was too deflating to deal with before six in the morning
