fall
verb (used without object)
to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
was falling
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past progressiveof fall.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Analysts in the past have worried that Apple was falling behind on AI adoption.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
CoreWeave stock was falling again Friday even after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expressed confidence in the cloud-computing company.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Everything felt heavy, unclear, and like it was falling apart at the same time. I wouldn’t wish this season on anyone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
She told the BBC's Walescast that her former party was "completely chaotic" and was "falling apart at the seams".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The data from the mortgage servicers was worse every month—the loans underlying the bonds were going bad at faster rates—and yet the price of insuring those loans, they said, was falling.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
