pratfall
Example Sentences
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The bet lasted barely 90 feet, as Roberts stumbled and face-planted just past second base, a pratfall which was captured on social media and celebrated by his laughing players.
From Los Angeles Times
An all-purpose showman who could sing and dance, he even did pratfalls while spoofing a hipster pose.
From New York Times
It’s time for city leaders, especially lawmakers with oversight responsibilities, to stop the pratfalls and start playing it straight.
From Washington Post
Though she might have appeared an expert at pratfalls when the show debuted in 1976, she was a novice to the sitcom genre.
From Los Angeles Times
McCarthy’s allies on and off the floor freely admitted that the leadership pratfall was “messy.”
From Washington Post
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