falling-off
Example Sentences
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Long-simmered to a tender, falling-off the-bone state, this braised chicken is fragrant with smoky paprika and cumin.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
"We did have significant increase in books that were being ordered during lockdown, and we haven't found it falling-off since, we have an awful lot of people that read a lot," she says.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021
So you can even build a case for decadence, not as a falling-off or disappointing end, but as a healthy balance between the misery of poverty and the dangers of growth for growth’s sake.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2020
What a falling-off is there, Hyperion to a satyr.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2016
No falling-off was found in these; and I doubt if any of his people have been more widely liked than Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John