Like other Cephaloscyllium species, it is capable of rapidly inflating its body as a defense against predators.

Air bags are normally stored in the steering wheel and inflate rapidly in an accident.

I attached the hose to the valve on my spacesuit and it inflated rapidly.

The Twins now enjoy a rapidly inflating cushion: Their lead stood at five games, second largest in the major leagues.

It is an occupant restraint system consisting of a flexible fabric envelope or cushion designed to inflate rapidly during an automobile collision.

Because vehicles change speed so quickly in a crash, airbags must inflate rapidly to reduce the risk of the occupant hitting the vehicle's interior.

The planet seemed to swell like a rapidly inflating balloon until it filled the entire opening with mother-of-pearl luster.

Homeowners saw their property tax bills growing up to 50 percent a year as California housing rapidly inflated in value.

Regions of the universe that are in such a phase will inflate exponentially rapidly in a process known as eternal inflation.

Food shortages and rapidly inflating prices were a fact of life for as much as a century before the plague.