| Their comprehensive Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich was deflating, but the Germans were operating on a different plane this year. |
| I'm all for good satire, the sharp and perceptive deflating of pretense, pompousness or deceit. |
| The normally stable alveoli that change volume minimally during ventilation become unstable inflating and deflating with each breath, similar to a balloon. |
| More often, he uses his talents to discomfit people who deserve it, deflating the pretentious and humbling the arrogant. |
| The 30-year-old winger is equally adept at deflating the opposition with a short-handed goal or a game-winner. |
| Tesha raised an eyebrow and poked Marl in the stomach, deflating his puffed-up chest. |
