falling-off
Example Sentences
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“There were shingles with holes in them falling off the roof,” Weidner, an emergency-room physician, said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The state’s gasoline refining capacity is also falling off, increasing reliance on imports and highlighting California’s status as an isolated energy island without gas pipelines to bring in supply from other states.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
Someone whose identity is strictly about their career is more likely to feel as if retirement is “like falling off a cliff,” Mulqueen said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Tech is hardly falling off a cliff, at least from an earnings perspective.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
He had finally taken off his bandages, and celebrated having the full use of both arms again by doing spirited imitations of Harry falling off his broom.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
