FALL in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for FALL, such as:

1. Come what may, heaven won't fall.
2. The leaves begin to fall when autumn comes.
3. Pride never left his master without a fall.
4. With the new fall of currency, prices soared again.
5. Young men are more likely to fall victim to violence.

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 Meanings and Examples of FALL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fall
 v.  suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground
 v.  become lower in size, amount, or strength
 n.  the season after summer and before winter
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Brent liked India but he thought her mighty plain and tame, and he simply could not fall in love with her himself to keep Stuart company.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  And after that fall he had right here last year when he broke his knee.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Even with Honey, with whom he had an unspoken understanding of marriage when he came into his property next fall, he was diffident and silent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  For I am fighting for the old days, the old ways I love so much but which, I fear, are now gone forever, no matter how the die may fall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  With the rise in prices, Confederate money sank, and with its rapid fall there rose a wild passion for luxuries.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  Even now the Southern ranks might be falling like grain before a hailstorm, but the Cause for which they fought could never fall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  With the new fall of currency, prices soared again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
8  It was a gray, overcast day and, as they marched through Five Points and out the Marietta road, a fine rain began to fall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
9  Everyone knew now what the soldiers had known two weeks before--that Atlanta was in the last ditch, that if the Macon railroad fell, Atlanta would fall too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  Cannon to the south, and they might be tolling the knell of Atlanta's fall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  From far down the street she could hear the rise and fall and roar of many voices.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  Scarlett came down the dark stairs slowly, like an old woman, feeling her way, clinging to the banisters lest she fall.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  When, at last, they had neared Rough and Ready, a few camp fires were gleaming where the last of Steve Lee's rear guard was awaiting orders to fall back.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  Then Scarlett saw with relief the faint rise and fall of her shallow breathing and knew that Melanie had survived the night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  The exhausted horse did not respond to the whip or reins but shambled on, dragging his feet, stumbling on small rocks and swaying as if ready to fall to his knees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Breastfed babies are less likely to fall victim to stomach disorders.
17  Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation.
18  Young men are more likely to fall victim to violence.
19  Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
20  Come what may, heaven won't fall.
21  He had a bad fall while ice-skating but he laughed it off.
22  There is still a risk that the whole deal will fall through.
23  In future, staff recruitment will fall within the remit of the division manager.
24  Pride never left his master without a fall.
25  There's a production norm below which each worker must not fall.
26  The leaves begin to fall when autumn comes.
27  As autumn draws near, leaves begin to fall from the trees.
28  As the president's prestige continues to fall, they're clearly beginning to consider him a liability.
29  If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
30  The explosion caused the walls of the building to fall in.