How to Use inflated in a Sentence

inflated

adjective
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  • She objects to the inflated salaries that many professional athletes now receive.
  • The agreement, Harker says, was that the rent would drop from that inflated rate at the end of the lease in 2022.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2021
  • In this case, the spread is too inflated in favor of the favorite.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The three dropped from an unknown height and were dragged through the water by the inflated parasail.
    — Tina Burnside and Melissa Alonso, CNN, 1 June 2022
  • On top of that, farmers had to deal with inflated feed and fuel costs.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • Big tech stocks aren't the only things with inflated prices.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 5 June 2022
  • The bad news is that the aftereffects of the GPU shortage still linger, mainly in the form of inflated prices.
    — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2022
  • What isn’t normal is his inflated sense that life is all about him.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 13 June 2023
  • But even if that’s not the case, do the inflated numbers on the display count as greenwashing?
    — Alden Wicker, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The chicken was unable to stay inflated in winds over 20 mph.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
  • An under-inflated tire will run hot and can fail at high speed.
    — Ray Magliozzi, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
  • Gone are the days when cyclists needed just a helmet (maybe) and two inflated wheels to go for a ride.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022
  • This air couch can stay inflated for up to six hours, and when the day is done, the carry bag helps with storage and transport.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
  • The post stated that the poster wasn’t going to pay the inflated prices for a used machine like the ones that were advertised.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Don’t pay an inflated price for a rose, let alone one that probably won’t grow well for you.
    — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The play’s lead swans in late to the first day of rehearsals brandishing an inflated ego and a pile of NDAs for everyone to sign.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
  • With the machine, the team found that the inflated cells were less dense than the surrounding seawater.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Oct. 2024
  • At over $5,000 a bottle, out of reach for even the most inflated expense accounts.
    — Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024
  • For me, Michael is an internal struggle between the light and the dark, the pure, humble nature and the ego that’ll get big and inflated.
    — Vulture, 11 June 2023
  • Beach umbrellas as well as a flotilla of inflated rafts and water toys add to the spirit of fun.
    — Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2023
  • Even using the distance to Las Vegas would be an inflated gauge.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
  • So this was his first chance to make some serious money, at least in the inflated world of baseball.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Srinivasan says an inflated sense of self can get in the way of putting the good of the organization ahead of their own glory.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The brief discount comes as families deal with inflated prices at the grocery store, the gas pump and elsewhere.
    — Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The pattern suggests that the chips go on sale, promptly sell out, and third parties turn around to resell the CPU at inflated prices.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 3 May 2021
  • The available food is being sold at inflated prices and most people are surviving on one meal a day, the U.N. said.
    — NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Everyone wants in on the action - that is, the inflated prices investors are willing to pay for stocks.
    — John S. Tobey, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The Times reports that while the sovereign wealth funds may decide to hold onto their stakes, the rest are keen to sell up at the inflated figure.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 11 Dec. 2023
  • For inflated significance, look no further than Dec. 3 a year ago.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • During the Fed’s tightening cycle, rising rates caused a standoff between buyers and sellers where buyers hoped for lower prices while sellers clung to inflated valuations.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024

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