How to Use falling-out in a Sentence

falling-out

noun
  • Greene has had a public falling-out with Trump over the last few months.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Greene has had a very public falling-out with Trump over the last several weeks.
    — Tara Suter, The Hill, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Chopra quickly returned the favor, leading to rumors of a falling-out.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group have shed light on their now-viral falling-out.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Xavier tells Gabriela that the disease progressed quickly, and his father died not long after their falling-out.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Musk’s presence at the event is notable given his falling-out with the president earlier this year.
    — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Rose and Kate, formerly close friends, apparently had a falling-out as a result.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Their latest reunion comes more than five years after Jenner and Woods' very public falling-out.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Others close to both Emanuel and Silver, however, deny any falling-out.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Trump in turn has so far poured cold water on the idea of any rift or falling-out between the two men, at least of the sort their detractors have often predicted.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The two men had a falling-out after Rocky promised to pay for a funeral and Ephron lambasted him for not coming through.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The skirmish has thrust into the public eye a falling-out between two political heavyweights once seen as close allies.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
  • Reporters during the press conference noted Pugh's absence and asked Wilde if there was any truth to the rumors of a falling-out.
    — Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Francie and Natalie were best friends who had a falling-out and didn’t reconcile until Tiff’s wedding.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • After the essay went viral, sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group shed light on the real reasons behind their falling-out.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026
  • After the essay went viral, sources around Tisdale French and her former mom group have shed light on the real reasons behind their falling-out.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The two reportedly had a falling-out due to Dean’s belief that Meek was preventing the advancement of his career.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Sandra, who is revealed to be Jacek’s sister, and whose existence Greta was not even aware of, orchestrated their falling-out.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Aside from managing some of the biggest names in entertainment, Braun is best known for his public falling-out with Taylor Swift.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • OpenAI exists because of a falling-out between two men who each wanted to win the AI race, just on different terms.
    — Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
  • Justice and Manchin had a falling-out after Justice switched parties eight months into his first term as governor in 2017.
    — John Raby, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • Noticeably absent was his eldest son Brooklyn, who earlier this year posted on social media about having a falling-out with his family.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Then in early June, the two close allies had a volatile public falling-out over a spending bill that saw them both trading threats that could have severely hampered spaceflight operations.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Since his departure, however, Belichick has made several comments that indicate a falling-out with the billionaire.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The Kaczynski brothers split the cost of the property in Montana, then had a falling-out when David got engaged in 1989.
    — Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Their falling-out threatens to divide the MAGA coalition in the 2026 elections.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The two had a falling-out due to behind-the-scenes drama regarding the director of their musical The Rothschilds (1970).
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 23 June 2023
  • The auditors interviewed an employee who described being subjected by O’Keefe to a two-hour polygraph test to prove his loyalty after the two had a falling-out.
    — Will Sommer, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • However, the very public falling-out between the pair after Musk's departure from the White House at the end of May has raised questions about the vehicle's fate.
    — Theo Burman shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
  • The particulars of the characters’ falling-out slowly emerges over the film’s running time and probably won’t surprise many, though there is one big secret at the center of their discord that might perturb the Catholic crowd.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 July 2023

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