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falling

[ UK /fˈɔːlɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɑɫɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. decreasing in amount or degree
    falling temperature
  2. becoming lower or less in degree or value
    a falling market
    falling incomes
  3. coming down freely under the influence of gravity
    falling rain
    the eerie whistle of dropping bombs

How To Use falling In A Sentence

  • She was all cold and bedraggled after falling into the river.
  • To say that such admonitions are a means to preserve those from apostasy who are by other means (as suppose the absolute decree of God, or the interposal of his irresistible power for their perseverance, or the like) in no possibility of apostatizing, is to say that washing is a means to make snow white, or the rearing up of a pillar in the air a means to keep the heavens from falling. The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
  • The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.
  • Nixon came up with the phrase 'growth recession': even when things are not falling, it's not going to feel good. So what do we do now, chancellor?
  • Falling interest rates may help to bolster up the economy.
  • It is patent that dusk found them weary and worn, plodding and wading silently "homewards," shovel on shoulder, across four or five kilos of desolate mud; falling and tripping over stagnant bodies, masses of tangled wire, bricks and jagged wood-work everywhere impeding progress. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
  • In my scenario, the Senator tells the drowning person that it was the flailing non-swimmer's fault for falling in and not learning how to swim, not the Senator's doing, just before the erratic splasher goes under the surface for the last time. Norman Cressy: Musings II
  • India's reply was a total disaster, with wickets falling too rapidly due to run-outs.
  • ‘This is evident in a number of markets where rents are falling, but yields are not only holding steady, but in most instances hardening,’ he said.
  • I turned to air kiss Mr. Bailey and instead found myself falling as if in slow motion into the throne r oom where the Queen was holding court. A Royal Engagement
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