fall flat
Example Sentences
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In a game that the Bruins needed to win to get their season back on track and have any realistic chance at an elite finish in the Big Ten, they fell flat once more.
From Los Angeles Times
Big hospital systems have become the proving ground for widespread AI adoption, testing what the technology can do, but also revealing—sometimes via alarming mishaps—where it falls flat.
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
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