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Example sentences for "fall down"

  • There are no parsonage-houses in those two parishes: there are the scites; there are the glebes; but the houses have been suffered to fall down and to be totally carried away.

  • And they found therein a wall, which was ready to fall down; and he set it upright.

  • The title is taken from the middle of the chapter, where the believers are said to fall down adoring e See the Prelim.

  • P: So, when I have made him and have breathed into him of My Spirit, do ye fall down, prostrating yourselves unto him.

  • Abhimanyu then, with ten shafts, cut off the former's steeds and charioteer and standard and two arms and bow and head, and caused them to fall down on the earth, smiling the while.

  • Urged on by fate and with their vital limbs cut open and mangled with shafts, they began to wander or, limp, or fall down.

  • Dhananjaya, then, with his shafts, sent that head along in the welkin (without allowing it to fall down).

  • Struck by the brave Satyaki in that battle, the Mlecchas began to fall down on the earth in hundreds, deprived of life.

  • We stand up and stagger two steps, maybe three steps, then we fall down again.

  • So, by and by, I, too, fall down in the snow, and there is no one to help me up.

  • And every time we walk is a dream and we are without pain; and every time we fall down is an awakening, and we see the snow and the mountains and the fresh trail of the man who is before us, and we know all our pain again.

  • We are like sleep-walkers, and we walk in dreams until we fall down; and then we know we must get up, and we see the trail once more and bear the beating of our hearts.

  • This method renders the building absolutely secure, as is shown by experience, whereas without the piles, the foundations are liable to give way, causing the walls to fall down.

  • Above it there was originally a lofty spire of eight sides, but it was removed because it threatened to fall down.

  • A1B2; c1] get knocked down, fall down from a standing position with force.

  • AB2; c] fall down hard, but usually not onto s.

  • A23P; c1] fall down helpless on the floor, ground, ring, etc.

  • I fall down at the feet of the king my lord seven times and twice seven times, back and breast.

  • Seven times, twice seven times, I fall down at the feet of the king my lord.

  • At the feet of the (ki)ng my lord twice seven times and twice seven times I fall down.

  • I've promised, and I'm not going to fall down when I've said a thing.

  • It seems like I was going to fall down on it.

  • The branches of trees began to fall down.

  • If the supports of a mansion are weakened by time, the mansion itself is sure to fall down at last.

  • The Danavas, terrified by that sound, began to fall down lifeless, paralysed by the energy of Vishnu.

  • The mighty Asuras, broken by the god with the whirls of his sword, with arms and thighs and chests cut off and pierced, and with heads severed from their trunks, began to fall down on the earth.

  • And taking up the five arrows he shot the mark and caused it to fall down on the ground through the hole in the machine above which it had been placed.

  • And fatigued with running, they began to fall down on all sides, unable to slake their thirst, having reached river-beds that were perfectly dry.

  • Fall down on your knees and pray, for this is the last morning which will dawn on any of you again.

  • Fall down on your knees and pray for your souls, for the angel of death stands over you, to blot out your memory from among the Roumin people!

  • He was about to fall down on his knees to pray, when a fit of laughter seized him.

  • I really cannot describe to you with any clearness what my feelings were, but I know I could scarcely breathe, couldn't utter a syllable, and felt ready to fall down at the angel's feet.

  • You said then, that perhaps I should find myself on the brink of some terrible abyss, a prey to giddiness, ready to fall down into it; and that then you would hold me back with your strong arms.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fall down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after seeing; cool blood; coon hunt; disturbed sleep; fall asleep; fall away; fall back; fall down; fall down the chimney; fall from; fall into; fall short; fallen down; fallen snow; fallen timber; fallen tree; falling birth; falling body; falling stars; falls back; falls short; marster would; mile ahead; obtain them; primary battery; years earlier