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Example sentences for "fell"

Lexicographically close words:
felicitously; felicity; feline; felines; feling; fella; fellah; fellaheen; fellahin; fellahs
  1. He raised up, stretched his arms toward her, fell again, and was dead before she could get to him.

  2. Climbing over, Joe fell upon a heap of stones, and crushed in his drum-head.

  3. But the good blade which had cloven helmet and turban like pasteboard fell vainly upon the tough, slimy body of the reptile.

  4. At the second fire he was wounded, and fell on his knees.

  5. Fell Blow," in which Ernesto bewails his sad condition, and also contains a charming quartette.

  6. Frank fell in the earliest fighting in France, in August, 1914, and now fills a hero's grave.

  7. Thomas lived in New York seventeen years, but he returned to Germany a more devout Prussian than ever, as a man ought to be whose father fell gloriously at Koeniggraetz.

  8. His visit fell within a week of Germany's declaration of war against France and Russia.

  9. Was the British proletariat, now only on the threshold of its liberties, to be hurled back at one fell swoop into the abyss of inglorious mid-Victorian "slavery"?

  10. The Damoclean sword of Washington had hung so long in the mid-air of indecision that when the blow fell its effect was to a large extent lost upon beneficiary and victim alike.

  11. I had a patient who used to work in one of those pleasant little vales-- a patient to whom it fell to my lot to render, next to life, almost one of the greatest services man can render to man.

  12. The glow now fell upon my face, and I turned to fly, for there seemed greater danger in staying than in attempting to escape.

  13. The whale started on a bee line for the ship, but when he came up with her, in consequence of her increased speed before the wind, he fell short some ten or twelve feet from the stern.

  14. The men were thrown in every direction, and Captain Morse fell from a height of at least thirty feet into the water.

  15. The sound fell on our ears ten thousand times more sweetly than the music of an AEolian harp.

  16. The mast fell in the direction of the shore, and nearly reached land.

  17. Captain Norton was so completely overcome and exhausted when he reached the hut, that he fell prostrate upon the floor, unable to advance one step farther, and lay almost senseless.

  18. His eyes fell upon a review of a poem which had been lately published, and for which the author was said to have received a thousand guineas!

  19. She turned; her eye glistened; her arm fell over his shoulder; she buried her head in his breast.

  20. At the Revolution, he fell into disgrace with the powers that assumed the reins of government, and so turned his hopes upon the restoration of the exiled family, and impoverished himself in aiding the intrigues to restore them.

  21. Again and yet again he would have them raised from their kneeling posture; but there was neither word nor sign; and then awe fell upon the hearts of all present, for they knew that death was there!

  22. Even his voice fell on my ear like some well-known sound.

  23. Your father, quite sunk with your uncertain fate, fell into a lowness of spirits that preyed upon his health, and continually reflected upon himself as the cause of your mother's early death, and your destitution.

  24. These were occasioned by the breaking up of the ice, which, driven ashore in innumerable fragments by the wind, rose and fell with every wave, making a confused tinkling, like the ringing of a thousand little bells.

  25. Hardly had we contrived to withstand these, when, with blood-curdling cries, the Funny Men dashed forward and fell upon us.

  26. He fell ill, and gave up the struggle, saying he would grant all they asked.

  27. He fell ill at a little inn, and while he was in bed the boy went into the kitchen with the king's glove in his belt.

  28. There he fell into difficulties, and she wrote angry letters, which made him think his enemies were setting her against him.

  29. Queen Philippa was dead too, and as no one took proper care of the poor old king, he fell into the hands of bad servants, who made themselves rich and neglected him.

  30. The wife of Caractacus, who had also been brought a prisoner to Rome, fell upon her knees imploring for pity, but the conquered chief asked for nothing and exhibited no signs of fear.

  31. Any tax, too, fell more heavily on the poor than the rich.

  32. And then a blindness slowly fell On soul and body; but his hands Held tight his bags, two iron bands, As if to bear them into hell.

  33. It is man in his garden, scarce wakened as yet From the sleep that fell on him when woman was made.

  34. They wandered then Where never fell the feet of men.

  35. And when I sudden turned to go, And told her I should come no more, She bowed her head so low, so low, Her vast black hair fell pouring o'er.

  36. The dark deep wood, the dense black dell, Where scarce a single gold beam fell From out the sun.

  37. And that was all; her splendid face Was mantled from me, and her night Of hair half hid her from my sight As she fell moaning in her place.

  38. The moon came on, came leaning low Along the far sea-isles aglow; She fell along that amber flood A silver flame in seas of blood.

  39. At last I fell prone in the road,-- Fell fainting with my cursed load.

  40. The year waxed fervid, and the sun Fell central down.

  41. And that night the gentleman's house fell down; not a stick of it remained standing, only the people who lodged there carried themselves out (i.

  42. No, no, I have not smoked since my wife fell in the water and never came out again alive.

  43. But one all'us fell off, and to this here day he's never yet been able to get all seven on the seven stones.

  44. And just as he spoke that word he struck his foot against the roots of a tree, and fell down and drove the knife into his own body (liver or heart).

  45. They fell on us, wounded many, three they killed, and I was taken to prison to work for life.

  46. The way they fell indicated what kind of meat or vegetables they were.

  47. If one fell right side up and the other on its side they were beans.

  48. The old manager standing by received the pole, but as he saw the plate tossed up, he fell flat upon the earth, screaming lest the plate be broken.

  49. If they both fell upside down they were the big black tiger.

  50. He was crossing the river in a boat, and in a drunken effort to get the moon's reflection from the water, he fell overboard and was drowned.

  51. If both fell on the side they were double beans.

  52. Pearson was pierced through by a musket ball as he was hurrying through the woods, and fell heavily to the ground.

  53. The faithful old blankets were once more spread, their owners laid down and at once fell into a deep sleep which was not broken till morning.

  54. In the distribution of muskets at Amelia Court House the supply fell short of the demand, and this squad had made the trip so far unarmed.

  55. Not the least among the comforts of life in winter quarters, was the pleasure of sitting under the ministrations of an amateur barber, and hearing the snip, snip, of his scissors, as the long growth of hair fell to the ground.

  56. Arrived on the other side, the worn-out soldiers fell to the ground and slept, more dead than alive.

  57. All that morning, until the dinner hour, those two hoes rose and fell as regularly as the pendulum of a clock swings from side to side, and almost as fast.

  58. His musket fell to the ground, and he walked back to camp with his arm swinging heavily at his side.

  59. He was near being captured, but by hurrying away the ambulance at a gallop, he escaped to a house a short distance in the rear, where he fell into the hands of the enemy.

  60. Every man must be heard before the story is told, and even then the part of those who fell by the way is wanting.

  61. The gallant Lieutenant Jones fell mortally wounded, having held control of his little band to the moment he fell.

  62. In the midst of this quiet a general officer, at the left and rear of the battalion, fell from his horse, severely wounded.

  63. He fell heavily to the ground, and, though in awful agony, managed to say: "Tell mother I died doing my duty.

  64. However, after the blades had been crossed, there was a semblance of fight and of defense; but at the third pass, Monsieur George fell pierced through the chest.

  65. That glance fell upon her at first with vague uncertainty, then with a sort of wild stupor.

  66. Lucan was preparing to leap to the other side of the bank, when the hand of Monsieur de Moras fell violently upon his arm and held him back--firmly.

  67. I fell on my knees; I tried to speak, I could not; my tears flowed hot and fast upon her hand already cold and inert as a piece of marble.

  68. I beg of you, I beseech you, my darling daughter," murmured Clotilde, whose tears fell drop by drop upon the pale visage of the child.

  69. He fell backward; his fore legs pawed the air convulsively.

  70. It fell into the hands of England after the Spaniards and Moors had fought over it for centuries.

  71. It fell into the hands of Phoenicians, Romans, Carthaginians and Visigoths at different periods in history.

  72. When the light fell upon the upturned face of a girl, it caused it to glow with a wonderful pallor.

  73. The Swede fell with a cry of supreme astonishment.

  74. At the entrance to the living-room a silence fell upon them all.

  75. The duty of receiving Mr. Johnson fell upon Mrs. Farragut, because Bella, in another room, was scrambling wildly into her best gown.

  76. Then there was a sudden loud grunt, incomplete, cut short, and Johnnie's body swung away from the Swede and fell with sickening heaviness to the grass.

  77. At sight of the monster he simply fell over it to the ground.

  78. In the above we have the history of the notorious manuscript from the time it was written until it fell into the hands of D.

  79. I started with the intention of going to the house, but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where we were, my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the ground, and for a time was quite unconscious of anything.

  80. I wrote it myself as it fell from the lips of the Prophet.

  81. Hearty the welcome from Azalia and Daphne, and from those who had been his scholars, who listened with eager interest to the words which fell from his lips.

  82. The moon streamed through the windows, and fell upon the floor, making the shop so light that he had no difficulty in finding Mr. Chrome's paint buckets and brushes.

  83. Paul was obliged to ride all over the field, carrying orders to the different generals, while the bullets fell like hailstones around him.

  84. Cannon-balls flew past him, shells exploded over his head, men fell near him, but he was unharmed.

  85. She clasped him in her arms, fell upon his face, and kissed his wasted lips.

  86. Up rose the chair on which Jasper had leaued--up it rose in his right hand, and two of the assailants fell as falls an ox to the butcher's blow.

  87. Instantly there fell a hush--instantly the assault paused.

  88. Waife fell on the floor of his threshold, exclaiming, sobbing, moaning, as voice itself gradually died away.

  89. Jasper, wearied and sullen, had to wait for the refreshments he ordered, and meanwhile fell into a sort of half-doze, as was not now unusual in him in the intervals between food and mischief.

  90. A musical trickling fell on the ear of Mrs. Simpson as she stood at the parlour door, and drew her stealthily to the cellar.

  91. Outside the rain fell steadily over the steaming marshes.

  92. A snip of the scissors, and six inches of white beard fell to the floor.

  93. As she did so Tabitha waved her arms as though to free herself from the touch of a detaining hand, half rose to her feet, and without a word fell dead before her.

  94. Mrs. Gribble's timid reminders concerning the flight of time and consequent fines for lateness at work fell on deaf ears.

  95. Tabitha, with a ghastly look, fell cowering by her side, clutching tremulously at her clothes.

  96. Martha remained by the bedside, and gently closing the staring eyes, fell on her knees, and prayed long and earnestly for the departed soul.

  97. As she watched, it slowly removed the cowl and the napkin and exposed the fell face of Tabitha, so strangely contorted between fear and triumph that she hardly recognized it.

  98. During this agitated period he resided a good deal in the family of the Lord St Albans; and when Oxford fell into the hands of the Parliament he followed the Queen to Paris, and there acted as Secretary to the same noble lord.

  99. Upon us fell in early youth The burden of unwelcome truth, And left us, weak and frail and few, The censor's painful work to do.

  100. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night.

  101. She fell like a wreath of snow which slides from the rocks of Ronan.

  102. Dibdin and his friend departed; the exhibition fell into the hands of incompetent persons; then closed its doors.

  103. He fell back fainting in the arms of Mary Lewis, his wife's niece; she had lived in his house all her life, and was his confidential assistant in publishing and selling his prints.

  104. As he turned to the interdicted page a slip of paper fell from the book.

  105. The King's troubles began; and in the storms of civil war the Academy for teaching the upper classes science and the fine arts, manners and accomplishments, fell to the ground and disappeared utterly.

  106. When a very high temperature was reached they turned streams of cold water on the heated stone with the result that great portions were disintegrated and fell off under the action of the water.

  107. When her bucket was full she fell a-dreaming, and when the girls were through with their task they turned to find her with deep, unseeing eyes on the dark wilderness.

  108. When a shell fell it wheeled around, burrowed, and excavated the earth to a considerable extent and, bursting, made dreadful havoc around.

  109. The first snow fell that night, and at dawn the two lads started out--each with a bow and a dozen arrows.

  110. Men, women, and children fell to a deep and weary sleep.

  111. Her wide eyes fell upon a rude boyish scrawl and a rude drawing of a buffalo pierced by an arrow: "It make me laugh.

  112. Black Wolf fell heavily and Erskine was upon him with his own knife at his enemy's throat.

  113. When they fell in the river they threw up columns of water like spouting monsters of the deep.

  114. And they had a race for Petersburg, which the Britisher reached first, and straightway fell ill of a fever at "Bollingbrook.

  115. The triumphant savages rested in their villages unsuspecting and unafraid, and Clark fell upon them like a whirl-wind.

  116. A few minutes later he heard a yell from the lad which rang high over the din, and he saw the feathered tip of an arrow shaking in the breast of the big Indian who staggered and fell behind a bush.

  117. The young stranger shook his head but he tried and fell short in each event and was greatly mortified.

  118. He caught Erskine by both hands and then fell to shaking him by the shoulders.

  119. Now White Arrow turned questioner: "I told you I would come when the leaves fell and I am here.

  120. She turned and saw him, with arms outstretched, the low moon lighting all the tenderness in his fine old face, and she flew to him and fell to weeping on his breast.

  121. He was rising on his knees, just about to leap to his feet and out into the road, when he fell back into a startled, paralyzed, inactive heap.

  122. That association quite fell in with the Orientalism of the new tent-life.

  123. One man, as if wishing to crush all his inward vacillation at one fell stroke, told me stoutly that he never used tobacco, though I found next day that he loved it as much as any one of them.

  124. It has always been rather a mystery to me why the Rebels did not fell a few trees across the stream at some of the many sharp angles where we might so easily have been thus imprisoned.

  125. I believe that he would have talked all day and all night, for days together, to any officer who could instruct him, until his companions, at least, fell asleep exhausted.

  126. They had the range well, and every shot fell near the post headquarters.

  127. Perhaps at the first shot a man fell at my elbow.

  128. Robert and Tayoga, after a brief breakfast, lay down on their blankets and, despite all the turmoil and bustle of preparation, fell asleep.

  129. It was not a long shot and the ranger would not have missed, but young Lennox at that moment stumbled and fell against him, causing the muzzle of his weapon to be deflected so much that his bullet struck the uncomplaining water.

  130. He could not, because the words choked in his throat, and a silence fell over the crowd gathered in the court, over soldiers and men and women and children alike.

  131. Nine of my men have been slain, but they fell as warriors of the Ganeagaono would wish to fall.

  132. He fell again into a doze or a sort of half sleep in which Tarenyawagon, the sender of dreams, made him see more pictures and see them much faster than he ever saw them awake.

  133. Then I will go," said Andrius Tefft, and he walked on, swinging his lantern high and wide, until its beams fell on every house and tree and shrub.

  134. Foremost among the Indian leaders was Tandakora, the huge Ojibway, and he spared none who fell into his hands.

  135. Those in the canoes and boats fired, but all their bullets fell short, merely pattering in vain on the water.

  136. The united bands of hunters and scouts fell back slowly, and for a long time.

  137. Colonel Williams noted a rising ground on their right, and led his men up the slope, but as they reached the summit he fell dead, shot through the brain.

  138. But the talk was pleasant, and they were deep in it when a man passed in the street and a shadow fell upon them all.

  139. It, too, fell before the rain, because when the flood came a stream ran in the gulley, a stream that has left the blanket in this state.

  140. The savage fell like a log, having no time to utter his death cry, and paying no further attention to him, feeling that he must be merely a stray warrior from the main band, Robert turned to his fallen comrade.

  141. It was late in the afternoon, and the light of the red sun fell upon his powerful body, and long, refined, aristocratic face.


  142. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fell" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    align; animal; anthill; appalling; applique; astounding; atrocious; awesome; awful; barbaric; barbarous; basin; beastly; bend; bestial; bloodthirsty; bloody; bottomland; brain; break; brutal; brute; buff; burn; butte; champaign; charge; coat; cock; conquer; cruel; crush; cuticle; dangerous; deck; delta; demoniacal; dermis; desert; destructive; detonate; devilish; diabolic; diabolical; dire; discharge; disintegrate; down; dread; dreadful; drop; dune; eject; embroider; equalize; even; fell; feral; ferocious; fiendish; fierce; fire; flat; flats; flatten; fleece; flesh; floor; flush; foothills; formidable; fur; ghastly; ghoulish; grade; grassland; grave; grievous; grim; grisly; ground; gruesome; gun; hack; heath; height; hellish; hew; hide; hideous; hill; hillock; hit; horrible; horrid; horrifying; humble; hummock; infernal; inhuman; integument; jacket; knob; knock; knoll; lay; leather; level; load; lowlands; macabre; mare; master; mesa; molehill; moor; morbid; mound; mountain; murderous; override; pelt; pepper; pistol; plateau; playa; plug; pot; prairie; precipitate; prime; prostrate; quell; rawhide; raze; redoubtable; reduce; riddle; rind; roll; ruthless; sadistic; sanguinary; savage; savanna; serious; sewing; sheath; shocking; shoot; silence; skin; smash; smooth; snipe; steppe; stone; strike; subdue; subjugate; suppress; swell; table; tableland; terrible; terrific; throw; topple; torpedo; tremendous; trip; truculent; tumble; tundra; unchristian; uncivilized; unhuman; upland; vanquish; vaporize; veld; vicious; wolfish


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    fell ance; fell asleep; fell back; fell calm; fell dead; fell down; fell downe; fell fast; fell from; fell into; fell mortally; fell short; fell sick; fell silent; fell upon; fellow citizens; fellow countrymen; fellow creature; fellow creatures; fellow like; fellow prisoners; fellow soldiers