- present participle of fall.
falling
Example Sentences
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There were no more excuses, no more explanations for why USC was still falling short — even he seemed to agree to that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The researchers identified a large thermal gradient, with temperatures reaching approximately 350 degrees Celsius beside the magma intrusion and falling to about 72 degrees Celsius at an ancient seafloor asphalt spill roughly 300 meters higher.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Very little of this was understood 30 years ago, explains Robert Kolker in “The Vanishing Family,” his sensitive saga of one affected clan whose members began falling ill in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The father-of-two was hit by the falling glass as he returned to his coach on central London's Albert Embankment that morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
He began to capture the falling stars and trap them in an enchanted satchel.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
