How to Use fall through in a Sentence

fall through

verb
  • By year’s end, the deal fell through.
    — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • Or because the meet-and-greet lunch fell through?
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Both of those bids fell through, and no other bids have been near as high.
    — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Once on the clock, however, the trade fell through.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The round, too small for the shotgun, fell through the gun’s barrel.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • The Heat will be poised to pounce if the right player falls through the cracks.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
  • Hawthorne proposed racinos at both sites, but both plans fell through.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The tracking device is dropped through a tube out of the aircrafts floor and falls through the storm clouds.
    — Scott Withers, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • There is nothing new at the Capitol about plans falling through.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026
  • This isn't a governance gap that fell through the cracks of a single function.
    — Jeppe Rindom, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Those happy plans fell through because Carrie found out.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Projects previously pitched at that site have fallen through.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • Critics of deregulation worry about what may fall through the cracks.
    — Nicola M White, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Plans would fall through, and people would enter and exit the picture who never felt like the right fit for the place.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • Builders can’t build cheaply enough to generate the loan sizes that fall through the cracks of the mortgage system.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Humidity levels will fall through the night.
    — Tony Sadiku, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • But Sullivan said there will be no big summer free agent spending splurge on free agents who fall through the cracks.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
  • In the clip, the two actors stumble backwards into the glass before falling through and out of the frame.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Sheets of rain fell through halftime as thousands of fans huddled in the concourse and under balconies.
    — ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • The Star reported last fall, however, that the sale had fallen through.
    — Jenna Thompson april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
  • None of the 43 million student loan borrowers in this country should fall through the cracks.
    — Richard Cordray, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • At one point the company was trying to develop the property as a site for a bank, but that plan fell through.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Even with that fix, Rasmussen said the process has left him feeling like there's a potential things could fall through the cracks.
    — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Bigger stones mean bigger problems Bigger stones weigh more and fall through the air faster to hit with more power.
    — Seth Borenstein, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • The airline shuttered in early May after its bid for a government bail out fell through.
    — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
  • At the same time, AI can ensure that no opportunity falls through the cracks.
    — Dan Cavanaugh, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The snow gave way on Saturday to a freezing drizzle, but returned on Sunday and fell through the night.
    — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Use foil packets, grill baskets, or skewers to simplify grilling and prevent veggies from falling through grates.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • People falling through ice have prompted several rescues already this year.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Financing fell through multiple times.
    — Sean Sennett, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026

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