Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. From LearnThat.org. [Jane Taylor, (1783-1824), from My Mother.]
When his brother died childless, the title fell to him. From Wordnik.com. [Tutoring Lady Jane]
Shouldn't they have changed it once the term fell out of favor?. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Posts Across MetaFilter] Reference
The whole amazing war happened while sheets of rain fell from the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Movie Rain Scenes » Scene-Stealers] Reference
What adventures here and there across the world before the title fell to him!. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice in the Fog] Reference
The term fell out of common use after 1840 and is now used only by historians. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The title fell three spots for fifth this week but still gained 223,000 new players. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Facebook] Reference
The title fell 7.9 per cent month on month and 18.5 per cent year on year to a circulation of 43,915. From Wordnik.com. [Press Gazette Latest News] Reference
I fancy the name fell quickly into disuse in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Customs and Fashions in Old New England] Reference
They shot him and his past; his coins fell from his present. From Wordnik.com. [Desicritics] Reference
And then the word fell from her almost without her will. From Wordnik.com. [Together] Reference
Not a word fell from Parfitt's lips in answer to this appeal. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
The phrase fell on the apprentice like a sandbag, and he vanished. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
The word fell from her lips so low that he almost doubted his ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Highgrader] Reference
"But I suppose --" He did not go on, and the word fell again to Lydia. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Aroostook] Reference
"No!" said the Knight; and the word fell like a blow from a battle-axe. From Wordnik.com. [The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century] Reference
The name fell quaintly on both hearing and fancy, with a rustle of early. From Wordnik.com. [The Thing from the Lake] Reference
It is thought to be related to the word fell as in "cruel" and "ruthless.". From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
Clint Bowyer for the Nationwide Series title fell short on Saturday night. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
The word fell to a little girl, but was rattled off as quick as a wink, to. From Wordnik.com. [Caps and Capers A Story of Boarding-School Life] Reference
By degrees, the visible asserted its authority; his look on the coin fell to speculating. From Wordnik.com. [The Amazing Marriage — Complete] Reference
The coin fell tails, and we did not go to Quito, much to the disappointment of our guests. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Andes] Reference
I guess that's the way the coin fell, but it definitely wasn't our intention, that's for sure. From Wordnik.com. [Homepage] Reference
In New York City, the number of students scoring proficient in English fell to 42% this year from 69% in 2009. From Wordnik.com. ['Hard Truth' on Education] Reference
Who while he struck fiercely was more fiercely struck; and so, in short, fell down vanquished, and it was thought slain. From Wordnik.com. [Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.] Reference
The name fell squarely in the midst of the conversation, abrupt, grave, sombre, big with suggestion, pregnant with huge associations. From Wordnik.com. [The Octopus : A story of California] Reference
A word fell here and there, although the hearers repudiated it, it yet made an impression, before any one was conscious that it was so. From Wordnik.com. [Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life] Reference
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