How to Use fallback in a Sentence

fallback

1 of 2 noun
  • There’ll be a tier that goes and then there will be some fallbacks.
    — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
  • But still, a team should keep its own first-rounder as a fallback plan, right?
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • This is why human-in-the-loop fallback is key.
    — Rishabh Chanana, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Black is, after all, a trusty fallback for many of us.
    — Anya Meyerowitz, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Make voice the start of your thinking, not the fallback.
    — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Survival is the new fallback mode.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Schmitt’s strong arm could be a good fallback option if his bat stalls in pro ball.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2020
  • There are fallbacks for people who find themselves out of work.
    — Angelica Lavito, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
  • As coal plants get older, the grid loses one of its steady fallbacks.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2020
  • And as one, the outfit is about to become my new fallback for nights out.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • And so, if that's the case, then what's our fallback position?
    — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The fallback was that someone was required to see Myles, then check him in.
    — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • But the study doesn't claim children were a fallback market for the vaccine.
    — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • If fast food breakfast sandwiches have been your fallback, give this recipe a try.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Windsor said if new revenue doesn't come through, the city's parking fund would be the fallback.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2019
  • Stecher didn’t have a fallback option.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • As a protein fallback, there were always warm nuts in the bar, part of a daylong panoply of food and drink.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
  • There’s no real need for a fallback since the web has never had any hyphenation.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2012
  • The fallback option for storm victims is to look for help from charities.
    — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • But as the chip shortage wears on, even companies with fallback chip stocks will start to struggle.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Griffin cannot force a free agent to sign and there are only so many fallback options that fit on the market.
    — Christopher Dodson, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Meanwhile, side hustles have become the fallback plan.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • In April, a fallback in gas prices helped slow overall inflation.
    — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 11 May 2022
  • For so long, my fallback has been greens, cucumber, carrots and some sort of creamy dressing.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • The 2019 team didn’t have the luxury of the play-in as a fallback.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Doña Martha made all of her kids study for other careers, a fallback in case the music didn’t work out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • With swollen breasts and a swollen belly, somehow my usual fallback of a trusty naked dress isn’t quite hitting right.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 10 July 2023
  • But the goal is to hit the ball; a hit-by-pitch is merely an acceptable fallback position.
    — Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
  • And when there are no pennies in the till, rounding to the nearest nickel has become the fallback.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The fallback for the lack of jury unanimity was a life sentence.
    — Joey Jackson, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022

fall back

2 of 2 verb
  • But then the swings fell back to earth.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • In the fall, clocks fall back one hour.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no fixed salary to fall back on.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • There’s no next paycheck to fall back on.
    — Allison Palmer march 6, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And that the time for falling back on progress is over.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Here are some tips for falling back in love with books.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There needs to be something to fall back on when times get tough.
    — Dr Byron Cole, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Claire warned him not to have a heart attack and fell back asleep.
    — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • When panting alone cannot shed enough heat, dogs fall back on shade.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • You may be tempted to fall back and go to sleep right then and there.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Lows fall back to the low to mid-60s with very light to calm winds.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
  • Rublev was sure the ball was going to fall back on his side of the net.
    — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • When do the clocks fall back for 2025 time change?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Austin Hill is not going to have those to fall back on.
    — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Your task is to not fall back into old patterns.
    — Tatianna Tarot, Refinery29, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Cole shot 65, but fell back into a tie for third.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
  • That also means its almost time for clocks to fall back.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Goldberg fell back in her chair as her cohosts watched.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
  • But as Taillon said, a good team has a process to fall back on.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The whir of the white noise machine that helped my daughter fall back asleep.
    — Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Platforms should be cloud-first but also able to fall back to on-prem.
    — Amit S Phadnis, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The life that floats in clouds seeds much of the rain and snow that falls back to Earth.
    — Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Out cold, the colonel fell back to Ferebee, who laid him on the floor.
    — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Over millions of years, the gas that was pushed out falls back in, and the warm gas cools again.
    — Shreejaya Karantha, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • And, Novak says, the Longhorns had cash to fall back on.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The Nuggets fell back into fifth place in the West with the loss.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This is something that has become a fall back for me, a comfort.
    — Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
  • When the enforcer took a step toward me, the others fell back.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • But now prices are falling back to earth, and may continue to do so.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • That water then freezes in the atmosphere and falls back down as snow.
    — Julia James, Dallas Morning News, 24 Jan. 2026

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