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
Even at the commercial end of the industry, it would be wrong to extrapolate from the demise of the party clown any sort of falling-off in general clowning.
From The Guardian • Dec. 20, 2018
In the upper half of their wee bodies they have all the equine look and bearing, but in the lower half there is a great falling-off in the likeness, excepting that both animals have tails.
From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
