pratfall

Example Sentences

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Desperate times call for desperate measures, complete with seltzer bottles and pratfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a shade of slapstick in a movie constructed around juvenile pratfalls and targeted destruction that allows O’Hara’s mom to retain her dignity.

From Salon

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

From The Wall Street Journal

The bet lasted barely 90 feet, as Roberts stumbled and face-planted just past second base, a pratfall which was captured on social media and celebrated by his laughing players.

From Los Angeles Times

But Roberts also looked brilliant, as his pratfall injected some necessary lightness into the darkening team mood.

From Los Angeles Times