Examples of 'trial balloon' in a sentence

Meaning of "trial balloon"

trial balloon: This phrase refers to a tentative measure or action taken to test the public reaction or response to a particular idea, proposal, or policy before it is officially implemented or announced
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  • A small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; a ballon d'essai.
  • An idea, suggestion, or prospective action, product, etc., offered to an audience or group in order to test whether it generates acceptance or interest.

How to use "trial balloon" in a sentence

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trial balloon
The stratospheric balloon was just a trial balloon.
Trial balloon from the governor.
Pinocchio went out as a trial balloon and made millions.
This trial balloon is quickly shot down by informed commentators.
Seems like it was a trial balloon.
A trial balloon just to see the reaction of the public.
I think that it was a trial balloon.
I will float a trial balloon about his candidacy.
I believe that this number has been floated by the State Department as a trial balloon.
Seems like a trial balloon.
Is it a trial balloon to see how folks would react?
I think this is a trial balloon.
MTA trial balloon.
I view this as a trial balloon.
Some see it as a trial balloon to take the pulse of citizens ' reactions.

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This seems to be a trial balloon.
It is a trial balloon sent up by Reese Dipple, a reactionary billionaire.
This is a little trial balloon.
Netanyahu 's media trial balloon prompted a furious response on the Israeli right, however.
It was just a trial balloon.
We said previously that the coup d'état in Honduras was a trial balloon.
Merely a trial balloon.
Do not panic yet, this is just a trial balloon.
Abadi rejected a similar Pentagon trial balloon involving Apaches helicopters last month.
Before you begin, the team always launches a trial balloon.
We were a trial balloon.
An answer to that otherwise inscrutable question is contained in Hofer's trial balloon.
I will float a trial balloon about his candidacy . Agreed.
It is apparently a trial balloon.
The next conscious trial balloon was Clinton 's attack on the former Yugoslavia.
At least I hope it is a trial balloon.
Terror alert a trial balloon for invasion of Iran, World War III.
It was not a tactical anomaly, but instead a strategic trial balloon of sorts.
Kolomoisky 's interview is obviously a trial balloon for the policies Zelensky wants to pursue.
Daily Record had it this morning, MTA trial balloon.
If it 's a trial balloon.
A non-joking equivalent would be " to send up a trial balloon.
And 4 trial balloon - test how much you can get away with.
State desk is covering. MTA trial balloon.
Trial balloon from the governor . - Affects a lot of people, no?
Until now, Windows RT is still a trial balloon for most developers.
Why do not we have that? If it 's a trial balloon.
It 's called a trial balloon.
So, like I said, this is probably a trial balloon.
Yes, it is a trial balloon.
Majority rules . Like I say, it was just a trial balloon.
First, this is a trial balloon.
Like I say, it was just a trial balloon.
I think it's a trial balloon.
Well, okay, it was just a trial balloon.

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