How to Use water balloon in a Sentence

water balloon

noun
  • Alex Plant, 28, was struck by the frozen water balloon last week.
    — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Have a water balloon baseball game.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • Play the traditional way or create some water balloon games of your own.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • Crossfire’s drone carries a water balloon skyward, finds the fire, and drops the balloon.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Court documents say ''all of the victims in the water balloon attacks were females, showing a clear bias against women.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Once the group was cornered, Guerry is accused of unleashing a litany of violence against them in retaliation for throwing the water balloon.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • On the 1000 block of Lawson Avenue, there was a baking contest, a water balloon fight and lots of conversation.
    — Julio Ojeda-Zapata, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In one sequence—a team-bonding water balloon fight at Coach Hudson's (Steve Zahn) lake house—the gentle Chad Powers vanishes.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In addition to the various police and fire department equipment on display, there were face painting and crafts for the children, pizza and burger vendors, and a water balloon toss where youngsters got to throw water balloons to police officers.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The killing came a day before Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced the arrest of 18-year-old Zahir Davis, who was wanted in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy during a water balloon fight in a Queens park a week ago.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Primark has also issued recalls for a water balloon pump and a DTR Plush Back Stitch and DTR Plush Bag Angel as well as DTR Scented Highlighters.
    — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

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