Example Sentences

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The next, I am falling through the floorboards and tumbling like Alice into the wondrous unknown, only to land in a bunkerlike government structure built into the side of a Virginia mountain.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

I am falling into a deep ocean of memories, nearly a decade old.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2022

Leaving his overnight date with Windey, Echard called out to her, “I am falling in love and it feels so good!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2022

However, the time when she often brings these things up or is visibly sad is often … right as I am falling asleep.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2021

I feel myself fall, but I can’t see where I am falling to.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson