As I drove back to Venice along Chatauqua Boulevard, I saw a young man walking toward the beach, cradling a deflated football that he had pulled from the ashes.

Both deflated the opposition such that the series essentially ended on the spot.

The machine improves the health of the organs, by using a ventilator to inflate and deflate the lungs.

Bethell's edge behind off Southee just before tea was a deflating moment, leaving the remainder of the day a question of whether England wanted to bowl before the close.

Having read the script, Schmidt suggested this story was really about hope — and then watched the director visibly deflate.