How to Use fall on in a Sentence

fall on

verb
  • Their cries did not fall on deaf ears.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • All the fault and all the blame here falls on me.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Trim or cut down any trees that could fall on your home.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • Oil prices jumped 5% and stocks fell on the news.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
  • But this can’t fall on our shoulders alone.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That doesn’t fall on your product or ops team.
    — May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • A lot of that falls on the top of the lineup.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But that doesn’t fall on his shoulders this year.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But the stock fell on four of the past six earnings days.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Does some of that fall on Bednar?
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • And that falls on Ott and the coaching staff.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This year, the date falls on a Friday.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • This year, the date falls on a Friday.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • This year, the date falls on a Wednesday.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Some, if not a lot of this has to fall on Spoelstra.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Much of the blame fell on the inside linebackers.
    — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026
  • Though Niall tries to calm Ruben, his pleas fall on deaf ears.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
  • When one of them fails, the consequences fall on you.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • March 1 falls on a Sunday this year.
    — Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 7 Feb. 2026
  • March 1 falls on a Sunday this year.
    — Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The roof fell on his head routinely.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
  • And that's why the spotlight will fall on Boyle for a while.
    — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The blame always falls on his shoulders.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • The sheds fell on the tractors below.
    — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • If one fell on the floor in the night, Censori would wake up bereft.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The costs fall on other people.
    — Rob Henderson, Washington Post, 21 June 2026
  • That game falls on Mother’s Day.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Carvalho could fall on that list.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In a little more than two weeks, the first bombs would fall on Tehran.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Makar, again, scoffed at the idea, saying the blame falls on the players.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 May 2026

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