falling-off
Example Sentences
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Long-simmered to a tender, falling-off the-bone state, this braised chicken is fragrant with smoky paprika and cumin.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2023
"We did have significant increase in books that were being ordered during lockdown, and we haven't found it falling-off since, we have an awful lot of people that read a lot," she says.
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021
What a falling-off is there, Hyperion to a satyr.
From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2016
Season 2 represents a falling-off from the pulpy highs of Season 1, however, at least in the early episodes.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2016
In Héraclius, 1647, no real falling-off is visible; indeed, the character of Phocas stands almost alone on the French stage as a parallel in some sort to Iago.
From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George
