Falling

Examples

• But how destroy them so effectually that there should be no second risk of their falling in such hands? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Mr. Spenlow and I falling into this conversation, prolonged it and our saunter to and fro, until we diverged into general topics. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It was very cold indeed, and the open country was white with snow, though none was falling then. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• On another occasion he encountered a more novel peril by falling into the pile of wheat in a grain elevator and being almost smothered. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• As a result of this experiment Galileo declared three laws in relation to falling bodies. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The white, snow-like vapor seen falling over the edges of the tumbler is intensely cold and heavier than ordinary air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The vessels came in, their officers entirely unconscious that they were falling into the hands of the Union forces. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It was clear and cold in the night outside and no snow was falling. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He is apprenticed to the miller, whatever it was, and is a good bashful fellow, always falling in love with somebody and being ashamed of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It seemed to me that I was this dayespecially doomed--the main burden and trial falling on me alone of all the female teachers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The rain had stopped falling. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The soft isolation of the falling day enveloped them: they seemed lifted into a finer air. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

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