Example Sentences

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"The financial plight of universities makes them very keen to fill their courses and they will be falling over themselves to sign up good potential students," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

"Consumer demand will be falling, people will be buying less, cheaper, lower in quality - and then the non-energy income forecast... will have to be revised," said Suslina.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2022

He said it would be “good to test falling, as this thing will be falling a lot.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

That way, it’s unlikely any large pieces will survive the breakup, and those that do will be falling over unpopulated areas.

From The Verge • Jan. 27, 2022

“Before we know it, frogs will be falling from the sky,” he says.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline