fall upon
Example Sentences
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And while watching the film recently at Inglewood’s Cosm, home to an all-encompassing high-definition spherical screen, I half expected a letter to fall upon my lap.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
These fall upon the reader more as an unsifted data dump than as a focused marshaling of evidence in aid of human and psychological insight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“The command in this case would very naturally fall upon me,” Hamilton wrote External link in 1798.
From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026
On his request, rather than being buried in Winchester cathedral, he was buried in a simple tomb in the graveyard "where the sweet rain of heaven may fall upon my grave".
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024
The building might fall upon him as he slept, but the police might get him if he were anywhere else.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
