How to Use fall down in a Sentence

fall down

verb
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  • Rosemary’s 5-year-old, Ricky, fell down and cut his arm on a nail.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024
  • In one episode, Conway’s character falls down the stairs.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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