| 单词 | balloon |
| 例句 | But right now, in real life, it feels like we both have blank thought balloons over our heads. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The little kid—he has shiny little-kid hair, and little jeans with a little cowboy belt—is holding a balloon. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, he walked into the Whispering Gallery...where his breath escaped like air from a balloon. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Did you see how the paper floated when it was burned? This is how that balloon flies.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Which makes Scoob feel like a helium balloon is expanding in his throat. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z I saw what was going through Mama’s mind like she was in the funny paper with a balloon coming out of her head: It’s enough he up and married like he did, said the balloon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It’s like a fuse, or the string of a balloon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked surprisingly like the balloon that had crashed into their apartment wall only one week ago. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I was sick for over a year and yet there is not a single card, letter, balloon, or wilted bouquet of flowers in my room. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The night balloon he’d been trapped inside popped like a soap bubble, and he landed on a hard floor surrounded by Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Just like the other three panels, the central panel had deflated balloons underneath it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I dipped the rag again, breaking the balloon. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Tanner opens his mouth and a water balloon worth of blood pours out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Adams let out the word that Jefferson was clearly the voters’ choice and the superior man, that Burr was “like a balloon, filled with inflammable air.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They do have maps, but they are not allowed to mark balloons or new airfields on them, in case they lose the maps and you lot pick them up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The webworms seemed to mirror me, floating in their own balloons of gauze in the pale turquoise sky. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The intoxication of success had evaporated; he was soberly his old self; and by contrast with the temporary balloon of these last weeks, the old self seemed unprecedentedly heavier than the surrounding atmosphere. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She expanded her stomach like a balloon on the inhale and imagined stress leaving from the crown of her head on the exhale. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The lemonade stand was newly decorated with streamers and balloons. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z A little girl’s pink balloon floated by my face, and I pushed it away rudely. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The three dogs made their way through the throng of people and pets, past bunches of balloons and flapping banners. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She pays for the balloons and streamers, and we head straight for the candy section. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When I exhale, my stomach starts to deflate like air being let out of a balloon. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They stuck me with a needle, inflated me like a state-fair balloon, and shipped me off to a hospital with steel-eyed nurses who wrote down every bad number. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Jason missed you today,” Mom says, and my happiness deflates like a balloon with the smallest tear. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to make balloon animals. People need balloon animals.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The galaxies would tug on one another, eventually pulling the fabric of space-time together; the balloon would begin to deflate. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The wagon train returns later in the afternoon with balloons tied to their chairs and silly hats on their heads. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A balloon can fly like birds touching the sky. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z When we swirl our balloons around, they make weird, squeaky noises. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to wait for another time, but it kept swelling inside me all day like a balloon. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Whenever anyone flew at the balloon to try to shoot it down, the gunfire would get so hot that they’d have to give up. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He’s practically dancing around with the phone now, then he laughs a laugh so happy it blasts about a billion balloons into the air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She jumped down, her skirt ballooning as she soared through the air. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And somehow, that single word expands like a balloon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He spoke briefly and then wheeled away to glide in a wide circle around the balloon as it continued to rise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Pink streamers and balloons draped down from the ceiling with the words Happy Shower emblazoned on them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The leaders had agreed with Lee Scoresby that when they reached the next stopping place, they would inflate his balloon and he would spy from the air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to hear even more about Field Day? It was so much fun. We had this huge, super-colorful parachute! And a Hula-Hoop contest! And water balloons!” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He tells us to each put the nut in our balloons before we blow them up. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z There were raucous sing-alongs and a captain’s ball, for which everyone was given balloons and noisemakers and party hats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She took my hand and placed it on her round belly, which rested on her thighs like a giant water balloon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Getting the tubing through the balloon canvas wasn't too hard. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s twirling a string of hair around her index finger so tightly the tip’s ballooning red and bulbous like it might burst. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When her baby was born, a girl, the two midwives in attendance were so preoccupied with what was going on between her legs they never even noticed her smooth balloon of a stomach. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He halted the sale of new tickets and ordered his men to reel in the balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A pink balloon is tied to someone’s mailbox, bobbing and tugging through the air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They wore only shorts, and each one’s belly button was the size of a small balloon. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Water swirled around me, and I shot toward the surface at speeds that would’ve caused any normal human to pop like a balloon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I swipe to see a picture of Stella, looking cute as hell in a chef’s hat and holding a yellow balloon, a big smile on her face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The basketball court bobbed under a ceiling of pink and white balloons, twisted streamers and blood-red hearts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Sweeping the cue under the balloon, I grab the string and pull the balloon out of the water, noticing a tug at the end as something on the bottom of the pool weighs it down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My voice rose higher and higher like a balloon with the string let go. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Byzantine domes hovered over the city like rising balloons. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then the clown straightened, closed up his van and started walking, in the same direction I was walking, several paces ahead of me, a small suitcase in one hand, the balloons in the other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It happens slowly, a balloon leak in reverse. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Once its onboard radar detected it was thirty meters from the ground, it cut loose the parachute and inflated balloons all around its hull. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma hugs, squeezes me like I’m a balloon. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Easier to find were the dikonko, edible locusts and crickets, whose plump abdomens were shrunk translucent like balloons half-filled with water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet another room was filled with what looked like boxes of uninflated Mylar balloons. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The sigh that escaped her could have filled a balloon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The picture of the bear with a balloon, which had once been brightly colored, had faded so much it was hardly visible. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In January they froze into disheartening poses; in August they ballooned and ruptured. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It had been decorated for the Last Hoorah with balloons and confetti, and a local restaurant was even catering a big buffet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The girl's jeweled pinafore balloons around her small waist, and the little hat on her head threatens to fall off. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z All I can think of in connection with a balloon is the explosion when it breaks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I gave him a balloon and got one for myself, and we turned and headed back toward the screen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I hate to leave the trailer sitting on its balloon for another night, but there's not much else I can do. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I see your proud smile as you hand the balloon vendor your very own money at the beach. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Soon after the accident, a bacterial infection caused his leg to swell up like a balloon from his knee to his ankle. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Well, ballooning is not an exact science, you know. Besides, you might be needed here.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Or a balloon, yes, but then you would need the right wind.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “If you were to take that balloon and fly away, would you take me and the boy?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Only next year seemed as far away as a balloon lost in summer skies. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z My godmother Lili who killed herself in old age because her husband had jumped out of a flying balloon and her grown son left her to go to Miami. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Why do you not let the balloon go and hold it by the string? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I watched his cheeks inflate like a balloon and then deflate. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Far ahead, and a little below, the long rope extended from the suspension ring of the balloon, pulled by six or seven witches sitting on their cloud-pine branches. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Then the crowd fell silent as music swelled from what seemed to be the golden balloons. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of a cow jumping over the moon. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The engine man sinks to the floor like a deflated balloon. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z A thousand balloons with glow sticks in their bellies were released into the night air. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z We shall watch for balloons again, when this plague has passed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she swallowed the giant balloon in her throat and picked up her indigo-blue brush pen. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They fed us thick-crusted pie and corn on the cob and took Polaroids of us with Smokey the Bear, with balloon hats on. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I heard the sharp intake of breath, like a toy balloon suddenly deflated. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes are sleepy and there is no more balloon stomach. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I hardly have to think them up, they’re just there suddenly, like thought balloons with light bulbs in them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Shreve working the pump, then he came back with the basin and a round blob of twilight wobbling in it, with a yellow edge like a fading balloon, then my reflection. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the balloons floated eerily above a bright vase full of irises. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There were actual balloon arches and twisted garlands of pastel crepe paper festooning the walls. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Amma had bought us a huge balloon once, and we had fun with it until it burst and the loud noise set you off. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z More lightning flashed around them, and as the storm came closer, Lee began to fear for the gas in his own balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His plan was to make chicken sandwiches, wrap them in the pieces of the balloon’s skin, and sell them to office workers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he was probably looking for the balloon as the answer, but that just seemed too easy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Servants release a set of sparkler balloons into the air. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But my phone goes off, chirping away over and over, and the magic of the moment floats away like a balloon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The hypersphere is expanding from a point, like a four-dimensional balloon being inflated, creating in every instant more space in the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When he had finished, he felt like a balloon someone had let all the air out of. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And with that he released a dozen balloons that sailed off into the sky. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “I got the balloons, young ladies,” he says, placing the box on the counter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “We don’t have shovels, and we don’t have a hot-air balloon,” Ayesha says. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z It looks like they still sell the same old fare—popcorn, candy, and balloons—but the children also carry flashing swords, and other moving, blinking toys I can’t make out at this distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As we entered, I had seen the balloons and brightly colored paper hats. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of the searchlights found it and revealed it to be a large manned balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the side-view mirror, I can see the bottle hit the asphalt and burst open like a water balloon. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The balloon, named Chicago, was filled with 100,000 cubic feet of hydrogen and controlled by a tether connected to a winch. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There are blue and yellow balloons punching around in the wind, and two bake sale tables set up with blue and yellow tablecloths, and about twenty-five or thirty people in blue-and-gold track uniforms. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The fire truck balloon hovered next to her, trying to get in the photo like Sierra Kincaid always does. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Each day after lunch, Jinny waded into the cove with her Care, their tunics billowing in the water, the big pockets inflating like balloons. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But as the balloon drifted closer, Lee was surprised to see that they were children. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a horrible bang—a thousand times worse than the sound of a balloon exploding—and the van was spinning, the wheel dancing right out of my hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z An echoing hollowness pressed against my ribs and threatened to escape like air from a balloon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was an observation balloon tethered in a village occupied by the Germans so they could spot Soviet positions and tell their gunners where to fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The truly daring, however, gamely climbed into a rattan gondola, felt hats or straw bowlers grasped tightly in hand as a hot-air balloon lofted them skyward. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Chicho and Mark string the balloons together and Mark hangs them from the ceiling. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They could smell the dust of the race track where the sprinkling cart had moistened it; and they could smell hamburgers frying and see balloons aloft. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z When I inhale, my stomach must inflate like a balloon. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Two of the men obeyed, and the balloon lurched up, but the other two had their attention on the soldiers, who were moving quickly around the corner of the building. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She had stopped thinking of it as a toy, like a littlie’s balloon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I could just see it: the winter’s day, the crowds on the rooftops, the balloon tugging at its ropes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She clawed one of the balloons my mother had gotten at the party store. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The pillowcase was crumpled in the leaves like a deflated balloon, and he suddenly realized that he had no idea where Smaug had gone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The following week, he took me to watch Blanchard’s balloon fly away. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Looks like Watney finished the balloon addition to the trailer. It mostly uses the design we sent him." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After pressurizing and sealing up leaks as I found them, I had a nice big balloon bulging out of the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I will get you a new balloon another time. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Stepping inside, I breathe a sigh of relief when I see the yellow balloon floating on top of the water, a few feet from the edge. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My arms have grown wings and I’m almost afraid of going up into the sky, as though I held a couple of captive balloons in my fists. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s currently a half-hour wait for the hot air balloon rides and swimming with sharks.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then I have it!—balloons fly; more importantly, they float. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Even so, I kept worrying that one of the strings would come unravelled and a single balloon would sail off up into that cloudy sky. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t so much worry me, but what if the younger brothers discovered that Granddaddy was a trove of weird and fascinating facts about Indian fighting, the larger carnivores, hot-air ballooning? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The example given in the book was a balloon that flew around the room when its neck was opened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Whatever else we were getting into as the weeks passed one another and my body swelled like a slow flesh balloon, it was not a joke. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I thought about Hailsham closing, and how it was like someone coming along with a pair of shears and snipping the balloon strings just where they entwined above the man’s fist. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Cordelia knows it’s called a safe, Perdie told her that once, when she was little and mistook one for a balloon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “We’re staying put,” Pearl told him, and Moody felt suddenly, giddily buoyant, like an overfilled balloon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z No one accompanies him on this legal rite of passage, and when he steps out of the room no one is waiting to commemorate the moment with flowers and Polaroid snap-shots and balloons. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Take an equal volume of any two different gases and put them in identical balloons. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The supper would be delicious—omelets never fell and cakes rose to balloons of lightness, biscuits fluffed up, and no one could season a stew like Agnes Morrison. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He lets me carry the balloon bouquet out of the store—it’s huge! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Then his dad laced up the multicolored shoes, put on the red felt nose, squeaked his bike horn, and drove away to make balloon animals at a six-year-old’s birthday party. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Fred and George had fastened an enormous bunch of golden balloons over the exact point where Bill and Fleur would shortly become husband and wife. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I felt like a water balloon about to burst. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I'm not sure which god smiled down on me and kept that balloon from popping, but I'm grateful. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Down below, the hull of the Argo II gleamed as it floated over the forum, like some massive bronze party balloon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Off a dead man’s finger. Kinda risky using it, but I couldn’t see another way of getting my balloon back. You reckon that sergeant suspected anything?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Almost as if they were small balloons being blown with air, they grew into round fruit, blushing pink and red as they developed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z With one final yank, I wonder if I’ll wake up as a balloon animal, pinched off in the spots the suit covers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The balloon lifted immediately and surged upward into the snow-thick air at a rate Lyra could scarcely believe. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The chains I was aiming at burst apart like a toy balloon—could hardly believe my luck. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The sand flowed out, and the balloon lifted gently to clear the tower by six feet or so. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Keep lowering at a steady pace and the balloons keep shrinking at a constant rate, but they cannot go on shrinking forever. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She is at my locker—only it doesn’t look like my locker, because there are balloons and an oversize card taped on it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When winter arrived, I pulled Mother’s dress in worry each time lightning belted the ballooning clouds, spilling rain on the fields. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The balloon was drifting lower, and the ground was rising. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, the measure of who we are can be seen in the shapes of our balloon animals. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Debris swirled in the dark waters—a deflated birthday balloon, a child’s pacifier, a little plastic bride and groom from the top. of a cake—all the remnants of human lives cut short. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The sun lights a path for my balloons as they hover above the dark ocean, careful not to get swept into the masts of large imperial ships. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They look like those balloon pants the clowns wear in circuses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, my body felt light, lighter than the water surrounding it, like a balloon lifting into the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Wonder Dome had been magically transformed into a brilliant blue sky filled with brightly colored hot-air balloons. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She deflated all of a sudden, like a popped balloon. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The weight of each balloon, perfect in my palm, full but soft enough to squeeze and mold and play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I wave to the security guard, who peers at me suspiciously as I rip the balloon off the vase, struggling to catch my breath, my lungs protesting all this running. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When her eyes started to sting, she twirled in a circle, and the skirt ballooned out below. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Below me are the blue hills slipping down to the lake, and above floats a chalky white balloon moon, which is sending light beams down to the deep blue lake. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Rubbing a balloon on your hair and making it stick to the wall.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The longer it puts weight on that balloon, the larger the chances it'll pop. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So the secret danger was a ballooning stomach, the source of my mother’s imbalance. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z With a rush of air, like a balloon released from your hands, the tiny silver-and-black toddlers skipped away, until only one was left. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The something, Lee saw with a touch of nausea, was a Specter, like the ones they’d seen from the balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z His consciousness was like a small helium balloon, loosely tied to the top of his head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z By the time they fired their second shot, the balloon was almost out of range, hurtling up into the blue and speeding out over the sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Simeon followed the balloon with his eyes as if it were a football thrown long. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Tonight I was looking at that balloon in the yard behind the sugar mill,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Anger flashed across her face like lightning and her nose, which tends to redden and swell in anger, blew up like a balloon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She totally ballooned up to a size six and none of her pants fit, and she had, like, three-hundred-dollar Sandeces jeans!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z My heart deflated faster than a pin in a balloon. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When I stepped out to the sidewalk, the librarians were waiting with balloons and cake. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Those two men still held their ropes fast around the bollards, and the balloon lurched sickeningly sideways. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a warm day, Ifemelu had walked past students sprawled on green lawns; cheery balloons were clustered below a welcome freshmen sign. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z You look up at all the balloons in the sky and you can see all of the balloons, but you cannot see any one balloon.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was decorated with bales of hay and pumpkins and red and orange balloons. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z One of them is wearing a fully inflated blue balloon. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Lucy Sneads’s tits bounced like twin water balloons. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I double-check that the coast is clear before stomping on the balloon to pop it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Harry scrambled to his feet, so happy he felt as though a large balloon was swelling inside him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Something in me deflates like an untied balloon. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z There was a balloon over the hippopotamus—where his head should have been but his bottom actually was— “Oh!” it was saying. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z A few hot-air balloons pulled at their tethers against the darkening pink sky, their passengers shooting safety fireworks at other balloons and passing parasailers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “So we’ll have the balloon right now,” said Lee, “and you can set some men to fill it. And I mean at once. And that includes food, and water, and ballast.’ The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Plastic bags floating like jellyfish, and a deflated birthday balloon—one of the shiny metallic ones—lifted and zipped through the air like happy shrapnel. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z A balloon of anger started expanding in my chest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was clear what he was doing, and what a good idea, to fill his balloon with the gas out of theirs, to escape by the same means that crippled their pursuit! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The Frivolous Use Initiative wasn’t just about banning water balloons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When he was teaching, Helen had sometimes helped him dress — how he loved to have her straighten his tie, tuck in his shirt so that it ballooned evenly all around! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z But I want another balloon, one that will not break. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z All the anger whistles out of me like I’m a popped balloon. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The moon rose into the sky like a lost balloon. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I almost expected it to fill with words like one of those balloons on the comic pages. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z No raffle ticket, no Bingo, no policy slip, no clearing-house number, no magazine sweepstakes, no, nor any unpierced carnival balloon succumbed to her magic. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the church, pink and white flowers and balloons abound. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I heard the music, and I had seen balloons and the cake she baked through the open door into the kitchen. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It can be more creative—a helium balloon, a fishhook, and Uncle Mark’s toupee. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Banners hung from the ceiling at Wilfrido’s office, and people swatted playfully at gold and silver balloons tied to their chairs. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I poke the comers of the clothes in between the wringers and they are grabbed and dragged through, the arms of the shirts ballooning with trapped air, suds dripping from the cuffs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The black calla lilies balloon to the size of a carriage and catch her limp body. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It sounded strange and high-pitched, like when you breathe in helium from a balloon and your voice gets squeaky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I felt as if I might lift off the ground, like a hot-air balloon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z For the last few weeks, she had been feeling as though Guy was lost to her each time he reached this point, twelve feet away from the balloon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The inside of the plane was decorated with balloons and campaign posters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That feeling that being with Irene kept giving me when I least expected it again floated up in me like a hot-air balloon and I looked away. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Shay started to crawl, the board bouncing along behind her like a littlie’s balloon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The answer came at once: “A day’s journey away, carried there by the balloon after your crash; but hurrying this way.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I never had a birthday party with balloons when I was a kid—so these are for me, too!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I remember a movie I watched in first grade about a red balloon that chased a French boy throughout the streets of Paris. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The blue balloon bobs, almost like it’s waving, in the gray current. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath in and held it until my head felt light as a balloon. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We walked with you to the balloon stand, though I worried about whether buying a balloon was really such a good idea. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Mom walks to the edge of the ocean in her silk dress and stockings, her pleated skirt ballooning like a spinnaker, and flings the picture into the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled pranks like putting ketchup on people’s faces while they slept, or ambushing them with water balloons when they’d just woken up. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was one of those cheap plastic ones that can deflate like balloons. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They flew swiftly, without any effort, up and toward the balloon, leaning to one side or another to steer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And more frames hold relatives at balloon- filled birthdays and First Communions and baptisms—parents and sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews, all arm in arm, fitting together perfectly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z From now on he was an aeronaut no more, unless by some miracle he escaped with his life and found enough money to buy another balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I answer the phones and book the beauty appointments for the Belles at the teahouses, and also for the favorite. I take orders for Belle-products and arrange the court delivery balloons." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They practiced by jumping out of hot air balloons at night. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z From behind the big top, the silhouette of a balloon rises into the sky, followed by a child’s prolonged wail. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Then that toe Got bigger Than my real Big toe, Like a balloon On its way up. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees shivered, our coats ballooned, and the map nearly flew out of Connor’s hands. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z There had been balloons, and I had made a wish for peace in our valley. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Everyone was waiting, watching the balloon drift higher up into the clouds. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Then another baby spider crawled to the top of the fence, stood on its head, made a balloon, and sailed away. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He wore no winter jacket, only a sleeveless green sweatshirt, which ballooned over his enormous stomach. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Dad, and held my balloon by the window. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z No matter that the sky had changed—it was an obstacle course of balloon cables and restrictions and military aircraft and, often, dirty weather. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z And yet everything radiates tension, as if the city has been built upon the skin of a balloon and someone is inflating it toward the breaking point. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then they start running around the apartment, pulling down the balloons and competing to see who can pop more of them. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It was like being stuck inside a rolling water balloon, but instead of actual water, the balloon was filled with a galaxy of stars, making him an astronaut with no suit. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Yes. I can. And I’m kind of hoping I get to see it, too. After all, I wrote a real essay, not one sentence about balloons.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z He had just thought of something that made him feel as though the happy balloon inside him had got a puncture. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The balloon roof it has isn't exactly durable. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A man’s work clothes, stiff with dirt, hang oddly ballooned in the closet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire truck balloon hovers and bobs behind her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My head felt like a balloon that was swelling up and about to blow into another massive head fracture. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And Blanchard’s yellow silk balloon that tugged against its ropes, hungry to escape the confines of the prison yard. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His lip isn’t a balloon anymore, but you can see the scab and bruises, even from across the room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The merriment resumed the next day when someone produced a package of balloons. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Customers could find food staples, a good variety of colored thread, mash for hogs, corn for chickens, coal oil for lamps, light bulbs for the wealthy, shoestrings, hair dressing, balloons, and flower seeds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z All the air went out of me as if I were a punctured balloon; all my enthusiasm vanished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I slip it into a privacy case, tuck it into the balloon's interior compartment, adjust the tiny golden compass, and send the palace-official post-balloon off the balcony. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Some of the younger children are already playing with water balloons. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I use the pool cue to pop the balloon, sifting through the dead remnants to get to the message inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The word ballooned out and filled all the air of the kitchen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee had told him that there were mountains in the south so high that even his balloon could not fly over them, and they were crowned with snow and ice all year round. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Bernard swings his balloon so wild, he hits the boy sitting next to him, who acts like Bernard punched him or something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z All I knew was I was forty years old and I didn’t mean to be here when I was forty, locked with this genius shrink wife and this balloon son. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Bunches of balloons brighten the corners of the room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z That's what I feel like all over—numb and prickly and as light as a balloon. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I could see that clear January morning, the moment of release when the balloon floated above the rooftops. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew it was only a matter of time before this man recognized him as the kid who’d wrecked his balloon. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I open the back of the balloon and remove the letter from its compartment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z At the party, at the corrugated tin shack of Maria Isabel’s cousin, Jasmin eats chicken, tries to blow up a red balloon, and borrows a pink bike with training wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Grass bits spewed into a white sack ballooning behind the motor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I will remember forever some of what happened when a balloon that had caught under a bush jiggled loose and floated up into her nose out of nowhere. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My heart was thumping so wildly I thought it would burst in my chest like a red balloon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Lyra herded them onward, wondering how the aeronaut had got his balloon that far. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I get so excited I let go of the balloons—about a zillion red, yellow, blue, purple, and green rubber globes bobble all over the ceiling. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I squint, realizing that there’s something sitting inside the balloon at the very bottom. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z There were garish balloons in her parents’ living room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It would feel like the balloons and streamers were laughing at me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a peculiar floating sensation coming over him, as though he were floating up in the air like a balloon. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Her head tilts; her body relaxes in the chair like a balloon losing air. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Not sure how he found out that was some kinda special talent, and I can't even imagine how much snot be in those balloons, but hey, it's a thing and Andrew's the best at it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Mr. Lemoncello insists that everybody be given balloons and cake. Cake has no place in a library. Frosting is sticky. Sticky fingers damage books.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The low-hanging balloon looked like it could burst any minute, it was so full. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I practiced dancing until my feet bled and my knees felt like water balloons. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z My throat feels like I swallowed a balloon, and I can’t speak. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z A bright-yellow balloon almost smacks me in the face, its long string tied to the door knob. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Avery had a balloon tied to his ear and was chewing a candied apple. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Most of them sailed away, on their balloons. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z What good is a balloon if you never let it go? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I open the back of the balloon, and fish the note from the compartment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The gases in the rumen get trapped and the rumen inflates like a balloon until it presses against its lungs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z She was pleased rather than embarrassed and her fingers lightly brushed the fabric where it ballooned out across her narrow hips. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yeah. And the Berlin Wall. Did you learn about that in history? Some people made it over in a hot-air balloon, or by digging a tunnel under the wall.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The cat floated over me like a furry balloon. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Over her shoulder, he saw the table overflowing with flowers and balloons. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Faith's long skirt ballooned around her as she sank into the grass beside me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z With some quick and careful digging, I exposed the bulk of it, though the large tetrahedron and the deflated balloons still lurked below the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But even better fun than a balloon was the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven felt like she was a balloon with way too much air in it and that any moment she might burst. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Joon holds the yellow balloon with both hands like it is made of glass. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I turn on the tap, lean over the sink, and guzzle until my belly is a big water balloon. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z "I've received over four thousand letters and balloons. I'm still opening them." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A flood of concerned grown-ups started pulling up to our house with baskets and bags of food, flowers, balloons, toys. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the decades, the balloons had ripped and filled with sand. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Would he ever learn to read what was in the balloons? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z We had some balloons, a grocery-store cake, ten candles, and a tub of ice cream. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The universe seemed to be expanding, like a balloon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “You take a balloon from someone, you have to give them money,” Muthu tried to explain, as I’d tried so many times before. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The helium balloons sway in the gentle air currents or stand at attention. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Who doesn’t love a good pet store opening? Especially if they have balloons.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Why’d you think it was going to go over like a lead balloon?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z My head felt unnaturally light, as if it were ballooning; I began thrashing in agony, feeling my limbs deaden. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, my head starts to feel like a balloon drifting away from its string. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Her health is great—cancer’s gone, heart’s good, no other real problems—but her mind is a balloon with a slow leak. Sometimes I think…” Audrey looked at me when I didn’t finish. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The kind of man who should be able to maneuver himself and his hot air balloon out of any danger that came his way. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z He says the universe is like a dot- covered balloon that’s being blown up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There is a group of blue balloons, huddled together like nervous middle schoolers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z On Sunday, July 9, a day of heat and stillness, the Ferris Wheel became one of the most sought-after places to be, as did the basket of the Midway’s captive balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They talked quietly; some of them had flown high up to spy, and one had seen a balloon over the sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Sissy’s business with the tricycle and the balloons that ruined and disgraced the Nolans. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In my small cartoon hand is a balloon, the top bursting, and hundreds of stars pouring out of it, rolling across the page to Will. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z His large round face with its wide-set eyes leered down at me like a giant floating balloon that I’d seen in a Thanksgiving Day parade. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Deflating its balloons, the onboard computer reported the successful landing back to Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I resisted the temptation to make a balloon out of the latex gloves that were in a box by the exam table, though I know it would have made everyone laugh. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z From computer science he made his way to honors calculus, where a black balloon from the Friday pep rally floated casually from his knapsack. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you delivered the balloon yet?” he said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels like a balloon half filled with water, or like lukewarm oatmeal porridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z As the balloon began to move in that direction, Pantalaimon came to perch on the edge of the basket as a tern. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My feelings tend to burst out of me like I’m a water balloon. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Their words made me feel like one of the helium balloons that some families had brought. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She hated it when I stuck a pin in her balloon. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z A butterfly balloons to the size of a house then shatters into a million stars. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I try and try and finally it bursts, like a balloon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Like the rapid loss of air from a circus balloon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I exhale and the walls contract like a pinpricked balloon, crushing me as it deflates. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They had already overtaken the other balloon and could now be easily seen with the naked eye: four of them in line abreast. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her about the woman in the ballooning dress in the foyer, how he had lifted the ladder to save her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As Fred and George led a round of applause, the golden balloons overhead burst: Birds of paradise and tiny golden bells flew and floated out of them, adding their songs and chimes to the din. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It made a little white balloon, and he tied the end tight with a string and gave it to Mary and Laura to play with. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The white vans were pulling up, and these fat plastic bags were flying out the windows, bursting like water balloons in the homes of the football fans of Lake Windsor High School. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The universe’s fate hinges on how well our space-time balloon is expanding. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The whole world seems to freeze, and my lungs empty like a balloon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z John Mark hands me the balloons and digs into his pocket. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z All the air in his lungs was forced out like he was a half-filled balloon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It felt like a balloon that had some of the air let out. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z There was a hissing sound, like balloons inflating. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So Lee put his balloon and equipment into storage and with his dwindling gold hired a boat with a gas engine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A few adventurous members of the gentler sex took to wearing ridiculous “windshield hats,” watermelon-sized fabric balloons, equipped with little glass windows, that fit over the entire head, leaving ample room for corpulent Victorian coiffures. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if a balloon had exploded. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It doesn't matter, though, because the carnival worker tells me you have to pop three balloons to win anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Joon keeps the balloon on his lap, holding it with both hands. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The observation balloons have spotted the smoke from our chimney, and the shells start to drop on us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After the service everyone is given white balloons and we are ushered outside. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Unless he was out on the back lawn, or up in a balloon, or a party tower. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I notice that I can fill a water balloon at the drinking fountain in the park almost twice as fast as Erlan. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z A wind rustled through the birches, blowing up the pale undersides of the leaves, and it caught in Camilla’s dress and billowed it out like a white balloon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I still don’t understand why anyone’d want black balloons for a party.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The third balloon explained it: He’s sweet on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, I found the pastel shapes of my sisters like party balloons but in the wrong party, man oh man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z My head felt like a balloon about to float away. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the case of a light universe, the balloon of space-time could expand forever, getting bigger and bigger. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Between Panel A and the workbench were the Mylar balloons Pathfinder had used to tumble-land. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They hung red, orange, and yellow balloons and shiny paper lanterns from the ceiling. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “I just relax and...let go, I guess. Then I lift up like a balloon.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Claire squeezed her eyes shut, drew in a deep breath, and held it until she looked like a balloon about to pop—then burst into a fit of gasping cough-sobs that were louder than ever. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But then she spots us—me, John Mark, and all those balloons. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z My sister reeled in a puffer fish that blew itself up into a spiny balloon—she said it looked just like her fourth-grade teacher. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Clusters of brightly colored balloons were tethered to the green-shaded lamps on the reading desks. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Now that he’d admitted it to someone outside his family, it was like a balloon inflated inside him, waiting to be popped. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The balloon kept floating free, drifting on its way to brighter shores. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I looked like a normally proportioned person with a balloon for a head. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z What if the balloons that hunted us on the beach were based here, and we’d unwittingly stumbled into a nest of wights? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She would stay on the road and in hiding, a balloon floating through the sky, eating up hundreds of miles a day with the help of a perpetual tailwind. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I imagine this balloon coming loose and chasing a little Mexican girl throughout the streets of Chicago. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Seeing Mark that way made Joaquin feel as bad as when he had woken up and seen the balloon. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A cocoon of bubbles spun around my body as I plunged down and bobbed back up to the surface, my T-shirt ballooning away from my chest. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A bargeman, poling away from the shore, found Chicken late that afternoon stuck in some rocks and weeds, his knickers ballooning about his legs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was like losing my balance on earth and floating in the air like a balloon. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When Kyle’s pterodactyl reached the volcano, a hot-air balloon rose from the smoldering basin. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z And after a few awkward seconds, Bit ballooned his chest with bravery, rolled his shoulders back, and said, "Candy for sale." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z One of the “wise men” from the dungeon appeared on the screen, with a speech balloon that said, “Thank you. I am indebted to you. Please accept a giant robot as your reward.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I might be telling her a joke and she’ll stop and say: The moon is beautiful like a balloon. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom was running around, tying up more balloons, her hands still stained with dark dirt after planting all of the new, pale flowers that flooded over what once had been a yard of plain grass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They probably got balloons and welcome-home banners and toys and ice cream—just like Finn said—hours ago. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The remains of Retrieval One were about as eager to insert themselves into the manor as they would be to juggle Atlantean stink balloons. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Once that happened, there’d be no real sense in which those balloons belonged with each other any more. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His feet had ballooned and grown tender to the point that he finally admitted that walking on them felt like walking on needles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Adele made a big fuss over Luke’s third birthday in July with a homemade cake, balloons, and fancy hats for us and her grandchildren. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The situation is rather like a balloon with a number of spots painted on it being steadily blown up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z His knickers ballooned and his shrieks of frightened joy startled the birds and the fat grasshoppers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Pierced by every word that was spoken, the tight balloon of Bernard’s happy self-confidence was leaking from a thousand wounds. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z More cars pulled up, and a few people approached with bags and balloons and flowers. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The setting was our dining room, decorated with balloons. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We throw darts at balloons that never seem to stick, but on the last try I manage to pop one balloon. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “And if that doesn’t work, we’ll just pop your head like a balloon.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Octavia’s light evergreen skin, which now hangs too loosely, as if her body were a slowly deflating balloon. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Pushing open the doors, I see the yellow balloon floating, its string tied tightly to the vase. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The island lost power for four hours one morning when a half-dozen of the army’s captive balloons broke away and dragged down power lines. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The heat swells and gathers like a hot-air balloon up here, not exactly welcoming others. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Only a few seconds later the balloon passed out of the cloud altogether and, still rising rapidly, soared on into the heavens. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At the Big Top Mall, some stores sell new things, things like balloons and T-shirts and caps to cover the gleaming heads of humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Outside of my parents’ house were white balloons, tied off on either side of the white fence’s gate, floating arrows that pointed us up to the open front door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Linda seemed to wilt, while Mark looked like one of those helium balloons that Joaquin had gotten from a birthday party when he was seven. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z What I knew was that I personally didn’t love the feeling of being out there, thrust under a baking sun amid balloons and bullhorns, amid trombones and throngs of cheering people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I want Uhmma to buy me a balloon even though we have already spent too much money at a place we should not have been. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z All around her, poisonous plants grew and burst like overfilled balloons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z An electric air pump varoomed to life to inflate an enormous movie screen that rose beside her like a giant gorilla balloon outside a used-car lot. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It popped into the air like a lazily floating balloon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I hooked it up to the feed lines that led through the "balloon" to the inside of the trailer's pressure vessel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle had to smile when he saw what was tethered to the railings on either side of the steps: balloons! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A few blocks south lay the Walnut Street Prison, where Blanchard had flown that remarkable balloon. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the breeze that moved them more swiftly was working on the other balloon, too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z With T there was this one time—we were maybe thirteen or fourteen, so it wasn't even all that long ago—when we scored a bag of small orange balloons from somewhere. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Where the balloon is, it’s three feet deep. We can cross here.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The ceiling was painted like the sky—light blue, with clouds and birds and even a hot air balloon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Besides the cards, there was a ton of flowers and balloons that came in everyday, from neighbors and friends. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After that she would be the first one to make a large tunnel through the world to China, and people could go down in big balloons. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Spoon Man, whose real name was Terence Oglethorpe, was a large, almond-brown man, almost as wide as the wagon itself, his belly ballooning over his belt. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z From the field behind the sugar mill a group of workers were watching the balloon floating in the air. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z A loud, rude sound, like the air being let out of a balloon, answered. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She looked like a girl in a magazine, someone who should pose beside a vintage bike with pastel-colored flowers and balloons. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I’m like a balloon with a brand-new hole, the way my excitement spills out of me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I stared hard at the ballooning pink reflection, believing this might be the last thing I would look upon before my eyes were chewed out of my skull. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone has hung streamers and tied up balloons. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I reached for the goblet and trailed my balloon sleeves through the sparrowgrass sauce. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z We walked in silence for a time; then he said, “Kind of like a hot-air balloon.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I gazed upon this urban hurly-burly like someone observing a city from a hot-air balloon. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The archaeologists are a decent crew, keen to get to work, containing their impatience with Nelson and his balloons. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Stared at the black tar, his chest like someone blowing up a balloon inside him, then letting the air out, then blowing it back up, then letting the air out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z After school ends, Mrs. Battle and the girls’ team come with balloons and cards, but they aren’t allowed in either, which really makes me worry about Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the front door opens again, the balloon around Axel’s heart has popped. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Maybe I’d pass for Mom after she sucked from a helium-filled balloon, but I didn’t think of that excuse in time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He showed me pictures of a tomato, a cherry, a round red balloon, and a banana. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Dressed in a Balkan costume of vest, ballooning trousers, and high leather boots, the immigrant carries his possessions bundled on a stick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “He thought you’d like this balloon from his birthday party. To celebrate your crossing.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Tied to an empty crib behind the glass is another bright-yellow balloon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In the end, Park’s group managed to launch just one of its ten balloons and tens of thousands of leaflets were spilled onto the ground. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The balloons’ engines grew louder, then louder still, amplified by the cave’s stone walls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Rather than normal meal kits, most of the food was cubed protein bar material, which would still be edible even if Iris failed to deploy its tumble balloons and impacted at incredible speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told you—I’m through handing out medals. There are no more prizes, Kyle. No more ice cream, cake, or balloons.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z She curled up on the bed, feeling small and pink and tender as a cocktail shrimp, and let her fantasy go, like a balloon soaring into the sky until it burst. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At some point the balloon would shrivel and wither, getting smaller and smaller, and then eventually disappear as a point—the singularity at the beginning of time and space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Whenever they bent over, their heavy breasts swung down like balloons full of water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had chosen to rise in a balloon, convinced that the spectacle of a gigantic balloon suspended in the clouds would be an irresistible form of publicity for almost any carbonated drink. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Either that or he popped a water balloon in his shorts. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I woke up with a start, as if Ravi had burst a balloon in my ears. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A rocket, then, was sort of a hard balloon. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A green balloon floats past a power line, then gets tangled in a tree. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sometimes, from behind Nicholas, she would catch Obinze’s eye and make a funny face, inflating her cheeks into small balloons, or pushing her tongue out of the corner of her mouth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In school I was a yellow balloon, smiling and lazy, floating above the classrooms. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A solar system of hot-air balloons hung over the Malverns, over the perfect afternoon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z My birthday party, has red and blue balloons and a chocolate-brown cake. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice had gone all pinched, like the neck of a deflating balloon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It ballooned in great dark rolls above, and beneath it drew a long trailing skirt of rain, and as they looked the cloud rumbled and flashed fire. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Lower the temperature and the volume of the balloons gets smaller and smaller. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The riders watched as the wind gripped the adjacent captive balloon and tore it from the men holding it down and briefly yanked Manager Morgan into the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He had met a prospector on the quayside, a New Dane from the country of Texas, and this man had a balloon, of all things. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As I exposed each balloon, I cut it off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A pop song that’s as substantial as a balloon, but lifts us in the same way when we sing it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As the balloon inflates, the dots get farther and farther apart from one another. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It rolled away into the grass, leaving a flailing stump, which immediately stopped bleeding and began to swell like a balloon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “When it comes out, it grows, like a balloon.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z But now, my world has ballooned and in it are these three cousins, and my aunt, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I spotted the train of balloons in his lower intestines. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I have another base left over from what is now the trailer balloon. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t apologize, he just stood still for a moment, fear ballooned on his face, openmouthed and unable to find that condescending glare down the slope of his nose he usually found for me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The teacher, who has a white beard and holds his balloon belly when he talks, is by the door with a student. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The last image Agent Jones would ever have of his father was of a defeated man in a red nose holding a balloon animal. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I feel translucent, like a hand held over a flashlight or the pictures of jellyfish I’ve seen in magazines, floating in the sea like watery flesh balloons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That light would not have disappeared as the balloon universe expanded; it would instead have gotten stretched out as the rubber fabric of space-time stretched. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The employees spread out from one side of the room to the other, from foreground to background, a mass occupying the enormous space like gas filling a hot air balloon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z No barrage balloons or anything, just empty sky like in peacetime. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The Lord of the Flies was expanding like a balloon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I carefully tiptoe inside, fumbling with the knot on the string to untie the balloon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z This law was discovered in 1787 by Jacques-Alexandre Charles, a French physicist already famous for being the first to fly aboard a hydrogen balloon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes locked firmly on the balloons. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z My anger seeps out of me like a leaky balloon. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He was plummeting downward so fast, his clothes ballooned around him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If that happened, my head would swell up like a balloon and I would die in a few days. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z A balloon full of hydrogen that carried visitors more than a thousand feet into the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They take on a dark, metallic green color, looking as if they will burst like a water balloon. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She led Coraline over to a board by the side of the stage, and put a balloon on top of Coraline’s head. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I feel strange, empty like a deflated balloon. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The wind tugged at my baseball cap and ballooned inside my hoodie as I raced down the streets of Stokum trying to outrun my life. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I gazed up at the trees where a deflated red balloon was caught in some branches. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Hundreds of colored balloons are tethered down behind me, baking in the June sun. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “My cousin used to stand on her head and let out enough thread to form a balloon. Then she’d let go and be lifted into the air and carried upward on the warm wind.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I blew up balloons until my cheeks ached and I was light-headed from oxygen deprivation. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z We waited for the balloons to zag away, then tumbled out of the grass, praying we were too far away to be spotted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Southampton’s barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z This dude named Andrew Dahl holds the world record for blowing up the most balloons...with his nose. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I’m not making anybody a balloon animal today,” Agent Jones said to himself. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The balloon was certainly descending, because they were enveloped a second later in thick freezing cloud. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The heat shimmer and the distance made it impossible to see any details, but the other balloon was larger, and flying higher. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking over at him, I notice his flushed cheeks and rabbity eyes, his droopy brown mustache and bristly eyebrows, the stomach that protrudes from the bottom of his vest like a barely hidden balloon. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Miss Love got Mary Toy and me and Pink Predmore and the other boys to give out balloons and stick candy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We didn’t even get to do water balloons. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Up the road, white sheets ballooned like parachutes from neighbors’ rooftop clotheslines. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The searchlight followed, its beam clearly outlined in the sulphur cloud that trailed the balloon. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I flew into a panic every time a truck backfired or a balloon popped at a child’s birthday party. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At the kickoff, hundreds of purple and gold balloons dreamily floated into the sweet, gorgeous night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And so the four travelers sailed on, sleeping in the ice-encrusted balloon, toward the rocks and glaciers, the fire mines and the ice forts of Svalbard. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I kick away the roses and make my way to the balloon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A gust caught Kabuo Miyamoto’s shirt as he stood on the porch so that the collar of it brushed his neck for a moment and the shoulders ballooned out, filled with air. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I remember thinking of something clever to say, but all I could do was squeak like a leaking balloon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I was just getting into the story and wondering how it was going to play out, because I’m such a good storyteller that I’d fascinated myself, when the four kids jumped up, squealing for balloons. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And every step I took made me feel like a water balloon filled to the bursting point. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z First, because he wasn’t the type, and second, because he finally understood how fragile she was, how unmoored and untethered, like a shiny balloon floating through the air, no hand to steady her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z A clear plastic tarp flapped and ballooned in the breeze. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I tied the balloons to the kids’ arms and sent them outside. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I guess when 1 finish this cup of coffee I’ll amble on over there and punch a few holes in his woolly balloons,” Joe giggled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stand the thought of him pulling her into the death balloon of his belly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Miss Forcible threw the knife at the balloon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And Finn had tear tracks down his cheeks, along with a bubble of snot threatening to balloon out of one of his nostrils. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The balloon rose at once, and Lee kept the telescope to his eye. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was just as though one was continuing to blow up an already bulging toy balloon, wondering, ‘Will it burst now? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky’s overflowing with orange clouds and each time one floats down, Brian bats it back up like a balloon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Madeline filled water balloons to toss and handed out raw eggs, which we kids were going to pass under our chins. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z This is like birthday parties, with streamers and balloons at the ready and the hot dogs waiting in the kitchen, but what if nobody comes? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Imagine a polka-dotted balloon; the polka dots are like galaxies, while the balloon itself is the fabric of space-time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z That makes all the love go out of my mom, like air out of a balloon. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Sister Zoe jerked around, her full black skirt ballooning as she hurried to my side. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The air was soon filled with tiny balloons, each balloon carrying a spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A substantial human presence on Jupiter itself is much more difficult to imagine—although I suppose great balloon cities permanently floating in its atmosphere are a technological possibility for the remote future. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Words poured out of her like air gushing from a balloon. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Or at least get the weight off the balloon. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her head expanding, blowing up like a balloon. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Not his café. He was in it, me too, the same time. I saw him. S. Morgenstern. He had head like this, that big,” and he shaped his hands like a big balloon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Marcia was walking around, still stunned, looking into the trays of catered food spread on the dining table, and then up at the mass of balloons bobbing against the ceiling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Shin and I met for the first time on the day after that balloon debacle. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He could see the peach swelling larger and larger as clearly as if it were a balloon being blown up. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The rubber was old and rotting and the balloon burst almost at once, and I was heartbroken. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Directly above them the balloon swelled out in a huge curve. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The words ballooned from the lips and hovered about our heads—silent, separate, and pleasantly mysterious. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll find a milk crate full of balloons—filled with red paint!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There was even a picture of me, with a dialogue balloon coming out of my mouth, saying: QUESTIONS? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It occurred to me that it had very likely saved us once already; without the fog those balloons would’ve spotted us hours ago, in our boats, when we’d had nowhere to run. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Still, a tiny balloon of hope fills my chest as I look around at the others. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Rahim Khan sahib used to take him to the bazaar for balloons and biscuits but he is too weak for that now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then he lifted up both gloved hands and fiddled with the valves until the balloon made a steep descent. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I liked the image of Margo as a balloon, but I figured that in his urge for the poetic, the detective had seen more worry in me than the pang I’d actually felt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I tried to picture this, a child-sized lump on top of an actual child, but I could only imagine a giant balloon, carrying her away. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Standing erect, an openmouthed smile spread wide across your face, you picked out a long, bottle-green balloon. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The balloon bobbed and weaved with the air currents for a while, the patches of trees making way for taller and taller buildings, and Zane sat, not thinking much of anything. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Any irregularities in the universe would simply have been smoothed out by the expansion, as the wrinkles in a balloon are smoothed away when you blow it up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Ivy swallowed around the balloon in her throat and nodded. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I’m going to look like a huge balloon when the cameras show me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z All day the sky is hung with observation balloons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She continues to stare with her eyes that seem to get bigger in her face, like inflating balloons. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The least they could do was pretend that we didn’t look like fools in our ballooning togas and beards and bows and arrows. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She is holding the balloon and the bag of oranges. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He felt that the outbreak had ballooned to the point where a decision had to be made. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had a water balloon fight and got in trouble with the hotel manager. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The storm siren wound down, like a balloon deflating on a slow leak. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Against her ribs, the explosion made only the smallest pop, like an overinflated balloon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Eventually, though, Markie’s friends got called home for supper and I was looking down at one grubby kid with a limp balloon trailing behind him. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to swallow the huge knot in her throat, but it just kept getting bigger and bigger, a balloon swelling on a helium tank. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z According to ancestry.com, my great-great-great uncle was a “spotter” during World War One—he floated over the battlefield in a hot-air balloon and peered down into the German trenches. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Coming out of the cairn, it looked like the clouds had been peeled back and the moon pumped up like a big, yellow balloon, so bright I almost had to squint. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Up on the Wonder Dome, thirty-two brightly colored names in a balloon font popped into view as the players finished tapping them into their phones. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “She was sick. With cancer. Your mother thinks I should have made her see a doctor sooner. Nana kept saying she had a backache. Her stomach was bloated out like a balloon....” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I don’t think they will forget those balloons for a very long time.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I learn Windy wants to be an environmental lawyer, she’s afraid of hot-air balloons, and her favorite quote is not from a musical but from a movie. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z While Tyson helped my mom blow up party balloons, Paul Blofis asked me to help him in the kitchen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As Gerald ran down the six flights of steps, his fear expanded like a balloon in his chest. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We bought our children balloons and colored ribbons, purchased sweetmeats by the kilo, paid calls in taxis to relatives we had not seen throughout the year. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In less than a year she’d shot down eleven enemy planes by herself, as well as an observation balloon. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Just as our caps start to tumble back down, a huge cloud of balloons goes up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The smoothly concave back sets off the ballooning convexity of thighs, belly, arms, and breasts on the front. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s when I felt myself rising like a balloon above a fair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Of course, this balloon thing’s great,” Bunny said conversationally, “but you know, I’ve been wondering, where do you go to the bathroom? Off the side or something?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The driveway at the country club is lit with blue lights, and golden balloon arches hang over it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Too light on her feet to run, Olive clung to Bronwyn’s neck, trailing behind her like a half-deflated balloon on a string. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I grin at him, popping the balloon loudly, and shrugging sheepishly in explanation. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He mustered all the strength he could—from deep, deep down—and took a large breath that filled his chest like a balloon. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Lying awake that night after what Roger had told me, I kept seeing those balloons again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence between them seemed to be growing, like a balloon. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Having balloons taped to your locker brings a lot of attention. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That leaves Garrett completely speechless, and before any of us can keep his little fiction balloon from popping, the soldier leans in, looks down at Garrett, and says, “Mind telling me what that is?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I’d never been to a party except for kiddy things with balloons. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z There is a point at which gas, in theory, takes up no space at all; Charles’ law says that a balloon of gas must shrink to zero space. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I could cut off the balloons, but I'd have to dig to get to them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It looks like ..he said slowly, not quite sure he believed his own eyes, . a hot air balloon.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She borrowed an antiaircraft balloon from the Luftwaffe and tethered it near the finish so a cameraman could dangle from it for aerial shots. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The glove swelled up like a water balloon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Young Assad got up and raised his head to search the sky for his aimless balloon, trying to guess where it would land. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And then he smiles at me again, and I swear my heart inflates into one huge red balloon. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “It’s like taking a giant helium balloon full of your worries and just letting it go.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z At this distance they sounded like balloons popping. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The white canopy ballooned on the night wind, flapping softly, tied by a thousand green ribbons to the birds. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am. We were supposed to write why we’re excited about the grand opening and, well, balloons are always my favorite part.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z "Nah, I'm good," Simeon said as the balloon floated out of view. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z A balloon would start up jerkily, on a great bias, and be torn by the wind or blown against the houses of the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I tie their ribbons to the balloon hook on my desk. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The boy was looking up, trying to see if his father was really trying to jump out of the balloon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And for another his so-called weather balloons are nothing of the sort. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If they let go, the balloon would be swept off course at once, and to judge by his glance at the compass, would be swept toward Nova Zembla at nearly a hundred miles an hour. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her legs and her body trotted confidently ahead while her head drifted along behind like a dawdling balloon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The left side of his face was swollen, like heti swallowed a balloon and it still floated beneath the skin. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She kept leaning over and yelling in the guys ear, and every time she did, he’d throw his head back and howl at the balloon sky. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As they approached the fence surrounding the field where the large wicker basket and deflated balloon rested on the ground, Guy let go of the hands of both his wife and the boy. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It’s a cartoon boy who looks a lot like Will holding a pair of balloons and forcing air into deflated-looking lungs, his face red from the effort. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I think I know what a balloon feels like when it’s deflated. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Like the Frivolous Use Initiative, which made things like throwing water balloons illegal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I was hoping there might be balloons,” said Kyle as he admired the ceiling. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I wasn’t about to let anybody call me Buddy and stick a pencil up my nose all the way to the R. I swung as hard as I could at Todd’s big balloon head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It exploded out of me like an overfilled water balloon. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Zane had been watching the man work the balloon’s controls ever since they’d climbed inside the basket, and he was good at it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It would inflate the balloon with a huge burst of power, smoothing out the lumpiness of the universe in the same way a breath of air smooths out the wrinkles of a balloon. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She could tell that he was also watching the hot-air balloon behind the sugar mill fence out of the corner of his eye. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z From this distance, the hot-air balloon looked like an odd spaceship. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I was a balloon, the air pushed into my chest. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I just needed that stupid kid with his stupid balloon to get out of the way so I could see who Diego was talking to. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The yellow sun rose, a giant balloon filled with prayers and hopes and promise. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Lili and the boy stood watching from a distance as Guy tried to push his hand deeper, beyond the chain link fence that separated him from the balloon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It had blown up like a balloon animal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z As the maddening laughter continued, each whirling object suddenly contorted, enlarged, ballooned, stretched, shrank, into all sorts of grotesque, shifting monsters, all of them attempting to swallow me up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A gas cannot keep getting colder and colder indefinitely; when you can’t shrink the balloon any further, you can’t lower the temperature any further. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I felt like a balloon that had just been popped. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The wrapper ballooned up, then just slid off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When Mom cast an eye on my soggy Buster Browns, she said, “I swear, Sonny, if your head gets any emptier, it’s going to float off your head like a balloon.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Rafik and Nadine were collecting the popped bodies of balloons from the ground and handing them to Sitti, who stretched out the elastic skins and let them spring back to flatness. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Rocket fuel burns in the engine and is sent out the back of the rocket, driving the spaceship forward, just as the rush of air out of a balloon sends it flying around the room. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I recently sacrificed one of my two pop-tents to be the trailer balloon, but the other is in perfect shape. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The procession passed the Austrian Village and Captive Balloon Park, where a hydrogen balloon tethered to the ground took visitors aloft. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Tied to the new cars are balloons bouncing around at the mercy of the wind. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z As we walked down the hall to Auggie’s room, I remember seeing lots of balloons everywhere, and posters of Disney princesses and superheroes taped to the hallway walls. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There had been confetti and balloons and a band and everything! Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The sun was going down and looking up along the bank as we drove I saw the Austrian observation balloons above the hills on the other side dark against the sunset. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z However, if there is enough mass—galaxies, galaxy clusters, and unseen dark matter—the initial push given by the big bang wouldn’t be enough to allow the balloon to inflate forever. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What the hell? thought balloons float over all our heads. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As the balloon expands, the distance between any two spots increases, but there is no spot that can be said to be the center of the expansion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She slipped carefully out of her shoes and then bobbed up in the air like a balloon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We like to died laughing, watching that bloated chicken wobble around like a dern balloon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As I came closer, I could see the balloons had faces and shaped ears, and they looked like a little tribe, bobbing in the air above their owner, waiting for him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The anger flowed out of him, like a balloon losing air. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I blow air into a blue latex glove, making a funny-looking balloon. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z At last one little spider took time enough to stop and talk to Wilbur before making its balloon. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Instead of the drop I’d feared, we drifted slowly to the ground like a balloon leaking helium. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Looks like you were right,” Shady said, sitting down on the coffin like a balloon gone flat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z At the base of the captive balloon, Manager Morgan ordered his men to grab mooring ropes and hang on tight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “It’s near the balloon repair shop, not even a bit out of my way.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We both let the balloons drop, and Dad pulled back on the stick and we climbed into the sky. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Like familiar terrestrial balloons, the deeper a floater is carried, the stronger is the buoyant force returning it to the higher, cooler, safer regions of the atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She slices the back of the balloon with a hooked letter opener. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We had been there a long, long time—time enough for her to bake a cake and blow up more balloons. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You and Muthu played with your balloon while Arul and I placed the straw mats and new pillows inside the tents, making them look almost cozy. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I probably wasn’t even thinking about how a stomach is a balloon full of stew, gurgling around behind your belly button. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It had been raining all morning, so we hadn’t been able to go outside and have a balloon race like Miss Rhonda had planned for us to do. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I can hear the popping of balloons and air rifles, and I can hear the clink of glass bottles and plastic rings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Her breasts balloon and shrink and balloon again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Rishi whistled as he walked into the den, his heart lifting like a helium balloon in spite of himself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He filled with gas, the sealed valve trapping it just as one pinches the mouth of a balloon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only way this thing is going to fly is if he straps it to a giant balloon. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z My mother and younger sisters met me at the airport with a bouquet of flowers and a single balloon that read “Sweet 16.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There were black and red balloons all over the gym floor, and guys were kicking them in each other’s faces, or trying to strangle each other with the crepe-paper streamers taped to the walls. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The sudden pressure popped the bedroom like a balloon. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He says that one of the really interesting questions is whether the universe is infinite and unbounded, or infinite but bounded, like the balloon idea. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of avatars milled around like ants crawling around the inside of a giant balloon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His neck ballooned as the spirits of battle went down his throat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z From wall to wall, there are balloons and decorations everywhere. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I suppose even a simple slogan can be twisted into whatever shape we want, like a balloon animal—we can even make it loop back around on itself, becoming a noose. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Let’s go to Party City and get balloons!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z The skirt balloons around my hips and hangs straight past my ankles. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z What’s more, he had two hot-air balloons at his disposal, which he sent up periodically to provide almost perfect aerial reconnaissance of Lee’s positions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I tuck them into the compartments inside the balloons, light the post-charcoal, then close them again and tug the balloons out to the balcony by their ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Many have their bellies swollen up like balloons. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m pretty sure a balloon wouldn’t hurt that much, but Mr. Levy sends Bernard to the office anyway. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z She wore pleated flannel trousers that ballooned at the hips and flared at the ankle, and a short-sleeved sweater made of cashmere. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I dance and laugh and I am a balloon going up and up into the wide blue sky. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He stood out like a hot air balloon in an otherwise empty field. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The skin at her cheeks was stretched out tight like the rubber skin on a balloon just before it pops open. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When we had water balloon fights in the church parking lot and waited in line for the ice cream truck. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “My bladder’s turned into a water balloon that’s about to explode.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Two men in ballooning skirts and balding velvet blouses, vaulting over littered moons and mounds of dung, circling around the hulk of a sleeping elephant. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind pummeled the balloon as if it were an inverted punching bag, then tore it to pieces and cast shreds of its nine thousand yards of silk as far as half a mile away. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The military band was playing and the crowd was massed on the far side of the square where the fireworks specialist and his son were trying to send up fire balloons. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Even though he is not a balloon, he is the only thing I have from the fair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z About ten feet away there’s a shrine for Khalil in the middle of the street; lit candles, teddy bears, framed pictures, and balloons. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Mostly I held the balloons and handed them to him and helped him pick out targets. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then he straightened up his back and words rushed out from him like an untied balloon. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z |
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