fall flat
Example Sentences
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Consumer spending fell flat in October, but that was largely due to one number: weak car sales.
From Barron's
Even if that message weren’t profoundly weird, dramatically it falls flat, despite Estelle trying to tie it up with a positive final message: “The opposite of trauma is hope.”
From Los Angeles Times
Holt and Swindells make a winning professional team, though the movie falls flat when it forces a romance between the pair.
From Los Angeles Times
Efforts in other countries to subsidize child-rearing and boost fertility have largely fallen flat.
Its GPT-5 model released in August fell flat among some users, who complained about its colder tone and difficulty answering simple math and geography questions.
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