Mr. Coxwell's account of the position of affairs so completely shut out the prospect of a passage in the car that I reluctantly resigned the charge of the military cloak and gloves, and strolled down to the enclosure where the process of Inflating the balloon was going on.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
This they do by Inflating their bodies, by erecting hair, skin, or folds, or by unusual poses.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
Some suppose that he possesses the power of Inflating himself with heated air, which enables him to soar upward without using his wings.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid