How to Use fell in a Sentence

fell

1 of 3 noun
  • Classes are held in the Glasshouse with calming views of the fells.
    — Emma Love, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The landscape is still worked by traditional sheep farmers, with their livestock inescapable when out tramping over the fells.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 16 May 2023
  • As day turned to night, an uncanny quiet fell, with the remnants of Ghani’s government calling for calm.
    — Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The pole Stephanie Eckard was standing at fell, hitting her and another person on the other side of the tent.
    — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • The team can help plan reindeer and husky rides, reindeer farm visits, snowmobiles tours across the area’s fells and taiga forests, or Aurora-chasing tours, guided by local experts.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Petty theft, embezzlement and fraud, and vandalism all increased, whereas assault, drug offenses and DUI’s fell.
    — Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Authorities said substances were found in Payne's hotel room, suggesting alcohol and drug consumption before his death, and the investigation so far indicates the musician was under the influence and alone when the fell.
    — Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • There, Gordon Davison and Peter Lockey founded a small shop in 1966 to create exacting outdoor gear, testing it on northeast England’s rainswept fells and higher peaks abroad.
    — Jeff Moag, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025

fell

2 of 3 verb
  • He's strong enough to fell an ox.
  • This wasn't the first time the nation's 'first tree' was felled by gusts.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2023
  • In Greek tragedies, the hero is felled by a fatal flaw.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Yes, many a journalist has been felled by such things too, right?
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Buildings had been felled by airstrikes, sending up plumes of smoke.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Lumberjacks felled trees and floated logs to the sawmill to make boards faster.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • That did not shock Berry, nor did the circumstances that felled Wilt.
    — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Most other politicians would have been felled by any one of these seeming missteps.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Hudson and Brandon each take an end of a crosscut saw and get to work felling a tree.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 13 Aug. 2023
  • After the trees were felled, the stream resurfaced during last winter’s storms.
    — Alix Soliman, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Now imagine he was felled by an assassin’s bullet.
    — David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Even on trails where volunteers have cleared trees felled by the storm, the piles of wood pose a wildfire hazard.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
  • About 370 acres of trees were felled to create a buffer zone between the fire and city.
    — Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Hedda, so determined to be mistress of her own emotions, is felled.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • With heavy snowfall and lashing winds, the storm is also expected to fell trees and down power lines.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Destoroyah The beast that nearly felled the King of the Monsters.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The plea agreement marks the second time this month that a giant of the crypto world has been felled by federal charges.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • After a flurry of punches that would have felled a lesser team and coach, the Owls are still standing.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This was the club felled by Pete Alonso’s shocking home run last autumn.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the problems that felled him were baked into his victory, which was built on a wide but shallow base of support.
    — ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • Apartment buildings were felled by air strikes, and smoke billowed from the blasts; the buzz of Israeli drones filled the air.
    — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Mama Alyssa Nakken was an absolute rockstar and is felling great/healthy.
    — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The first phase of the project also requires felling 50 square miles of pristine rainforest.
    — M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In the piece, the Vicar of Christ is felled not by his oppressors but rather by a random cosmic event.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Trees are felled to make their paper and gas-powered vehicles spew carbon to deliver them.
    — Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But then, in the season finale, Izzy’s felled by a bullet, to the sorrow of his crew and the outrage of some fans.
    — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Another set of storms earlier in the month brought flash floods and high winds that felled trees, causing power outages.
    — Maia Pandey, NBC News, 28 July 2023
  • For centuries, these historic ships, with timber masts soaring 50 feet high, have been built from trees felled in forests on the edge of town.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • The trees had already been felled and piled by the landowner; the log piles were initially slated to be burned to reduce the fire hazard.
    — Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025

fell

3 of 3 adjective
  • Those types of drifts rarely appear in one fell swoop.
    — Polina Beletskaya, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • Cheers to satisfying your sweet tooth and thirst in one fell swoop.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The Movie, which throws away the show’s best camp impulses in one fell swoop.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Sometimes, the agentic web even does entire multi-task jobs for you in one fell swoop.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In one fell swoop, Zeller breaks faith not just with his characters, but with his viewers.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Dry and straighten your hair in one fell swoop with this tool that doesn’t come with traditional hot plates.
    — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Mindshare can improve sales, loyalty and brand awareness in one fell swoop.
    — Yogesh Shah, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • And that creates just the kind of atmosphere where strong men emerge promising to solve all of our problems in one fell swoop.
    — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
  • One of her fell ponies, named Balmoral Leia, won the Highland Class.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 13 May 2022
  • Companies shouldn’t feel pressured to solve all of climate’s conundrums alone or in one fell swoop.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • At best, Biden has found a way to achieve piecemeal what he was prohibited from achieving in one fell swoop.
    — The Editors, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The Avs had just checked off two of their three most-important goals for the regular season in one fell swoop.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In one fell swoop, Heels star Kelli Berglund stole the show and the championship belt.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Roughly six months before my bat mitzvah, ALL of my friends ditched me in one fell swoop.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 30 Aug. 2023
  • At issue is whether the department had the legal authority to forgive so much debt in one fell swoop.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This cream can be used all over your face in addition to the delicate eye area, which simplifies your evening routine in one fell swoop.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 24 May 2021
  • Open shelves add functionality, warmth, and impart a sense of architecture in one fell swoop.
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If Netflix wanted to reverse its plummeting subscriber count, and give a shot in the arm to its streaming trends in one fell swoop?
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 12 July 2022
  • Every retailer will be moving its inventory to get ready for the new year, so why not empty out all those gift card balances in one fell swoop?
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Unlocking the key to exposing that falsehood could help Gorski debunk a thousand quacks in one fell swoop.
    — Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The best ones can replace your manual razor, shaving cream, and aftershave in one fell swoop, and cut down your daily shaving time.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 16 May 2023
  • This allows for constant contact with your carpets, digging up more debris from the fibers while sweeping away loose particles in one fell swoop.
    — Terri Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2023
  • Italian seasoning is a floral medley of a variety of herbs and adds fantastic flavor in one fell swoop.
    — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • By sporting a pink bandanna with all her goblin-like poise, Magdy secured the competition for dogkind in one fell swoop.
    — Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2023
  • With their selection of Paul, though, the franchise is essentially tearing up that entire ethos in one fell swoop.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In one fell swoop, Selena Gomez is returning to music and casting a last-minute bid for song of the summer.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Lucky for you, the best Sephora gifts have been released well ahead of the holidays — meaning everyone on your list can be crossed off in one fell swoop.
    — Shanna Shipin, Allure, 28 Sep. 2023
  • In one fell swoop, 70-year-old widow Blaga Naumova goes from being cash-strapped to cash-stripped.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 July 2023
  • Crawfish traps are strategically placed in rows 40 feet apart, allowing for just enough time to empty traps and replace them in one fell swoop.
    — Phoebe Suy Gibson, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The mascara is made with rich black pigments that define lashes in one fell swoop, plus nourishing peptides and shea butter to condition them at the same time.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026

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