How to Use fall down in a Sentence

fall down

verb

• Seconds later, Uruguay took the lead and the U.S. fell down to third in the group.
  — Guillermo Molero / Bloomberg, TIME, 11 July 2024
• The first shot heard only a very loud sound and the person did not fall down.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 8 July 2022
• As cops went to pick up Mosley’s body, one of them fell down the same slope and had to be stretchered away from the scene.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
• The dress fell down to the floor and featured a pretty scoop neckline.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2023
• One woman fell down the hill and was also struck with a rock.
  — Abeer Salman and Lauren Izso, CNN, 22 July 2024
• 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
• There’s going to be a lot of trees that are going to fall down.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
• Rosemary’s 5-year-old, Ricky, fell down and cut his arm on a nail.
  — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 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
• Greece fell down by double digits in the first quarter, but closed on a 13-4 run to close the gap.
  — NBC News, 28 July 2024
• 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
• One of the straps appeared to have broken, causing Johnson to have to hold it in place so the top of her dress wouldn't fall down.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
• And, everyone knows how a strapless bra likes to fall down.
  — ELLE, 27 Feb. 2023
• There’s going to be a learning curve, of course, meaning the poles will inevitably slip out and fall down.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024
• 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
• We’re told the old bigot fell down a well, but Berniece suspects that her brother must have pushed him.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
• Pow pow pow goes a pistol, and a Native warrior falls down.
  — The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
• 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
• But at the same point, in those type of things, guys fall down and get rolled over on, someone pops a shoulder or hurts a hand or twists an ankle.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2024
• Trent toe-tapped just inside the out-of-bounds line, fell down with the ball secured, then got up and fell again, face-planting amid the celebration.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024