How to Use fall down in a Sentence

fall down

verb
  • The first shot heard only a very loud sound and the person did not fall down.
    Greg Norman, Fox News, 8 July 2022
  • The dress fell down to the floor and featured a pretty scoop neckline.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2023
  • The tower is said to have been leaning for over 800 years and has yet to fall down.
    Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The landlord warned us about the steepness of these stairs and then promptly fell down them.
    Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The teen then ran west toward the ocean and either jumped or fell down the side of a cliff, police said.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The piece fell down to her ankles and featured a mock turtleneck.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Her hair was left down and wavy, falling down her back, and her eyes were lined with a smokey black wing.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 21 June 2023
  • Large pieces of the crane littered the street below after falling down the side of the building.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • The defender fell down, Lamb caught the ball near midfield and strolled into the end zone.
    Schuyler Dixon, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Sullivan shoots his stun gun at Woods, who falls down and is seen with a bloody face.
    Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Christyn Williams’ nifty move to the basket caused an opponent to fall down and her teammates on the bench to erupt.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 22 Feb. 2022
  • He got injured and fell down the depth chart, never playing in his two years there.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The first day of skiing is a lot of falling down and, honestly, so is day two.
    S. Bear Bergman, SELF, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Bengals blockers just need to not fall down for a big gain to happen.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2022
  • And, everyone knows how a strapless bra likes to fall down.
    ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
  • As for the 44-second fall down the stairs, that was where stunt double Vincent Bouillon came in handy.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • As glaciers melt out, the mountains are thawing and starting to fall down in certain places.
    Christine Peterson, Outside Online, 26 Aug. 2022
  • People were hanging out of trees, falling down, to see this show.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
  • Muddy knees and learning that falling down is not the end of the world are part of the experience of play, Laris says.
    Marty Ross, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Don’t fall down and smack your head on the pavement at this news, but there’s a new Miranda Priestly in town.
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Camila McConaughey has a neck injury from a fall down the stairs.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Also, the setup allows ash to fall down to the hopper's base, so cleanup is super-easy.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2022
  • The robot would seek to place the leg 15 cm to the side for example, but bang into the slope after only 5 cm, and fall down.
    IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The boy ran west toward the ocean and either jumped or fell down the side of a nearby cliff, according to police.
    Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Don't just watch your fellow Israelite's donkey or ox fall down in the road and do nothing about it.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 June 2022
  • Electrical lines fell down during the fire and ignited tall grass in the yard.
    Karen Kucher march 6, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The integrity of the structure — things continue to fall down.
    John Reinan, Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • Tatum responded by saying fall down nine times and get up 10.
    Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • That could cause the titan to become a public hazard by increasing the risk that parts of it fall down.
    Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The 1000s of them running into a building that was burning, that was likely to fail and likely to fall down.
    Armando Garcia, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2022

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