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
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
She said that as a result of the error she had "really struggled physically and psychologically", including trying out prosthetic legs which "kept falling off because of how high the amputation is".
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
Tech is hardly falling off a cliff, at least from an earnings perspective.
From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026
She seemed in perpetual danger of falling off, or of being devoured by her enormous overcoat.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
