pratfall

Example Sentences

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A management pratfall to spoil Netflix’s heretofore reputation as a maker of smart moves?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

There are two vomit scenes and a pratfall where Colman lands on her face.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Zucker, who trained with the French guru Philippe Gaulier, doesn’t just pratfall and malaprop.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2024

I am glad my every pratfall doesn’t end up on social media.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023

As I was telling you, they had just lifted me from the floor, my performance and subsequent pratfall the sources of a great feeling of camaraderie.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole