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
There can be no doubt that the falling-off is entirely in the middle classes, who have removed to the neighboring rural districts.
From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring
