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UK
/fˈɔːlɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈfɑɫɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɑɫɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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decreasing in amount or degree
falling temperature -
becoming lower or less in degree or value
a falling market
falling incomes -
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.
- 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
- Makar Sankrant is the first Hindu festival of the solar calendar year, falling on January 14.