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
"And so in that sense we wanted players to fall upon and see the echoes that they may not have noticed or have been using while they're sorting through all the echoes that they have."
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
The rest were there to fall upon whichever was beaten.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
