keep from falling
Example Sentences
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Jamison managed to keep from falling off the ledge.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023
Usually by the time I make it back to my car I am in immense pain and have to lean against the car while I load groceries to keep from falling over.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2020
In the second, Raina is clinging to the floor tiles by her fingertips, trying to keep from falling into an abyss.
From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2019
To keep from falling over it, Morris says a constant vigilance is required.
From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2016
But when I breathed in, I couldn’t breathe out again to cry, and I tried to keep from falling off the hill and I fell off the hill into the bright, whirling shapes.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
