pratfall
Example Sentences
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He went on to suggest an improvement to one of Ms. Thompson’s lines and add a little pratfall at the end, and the set brightened with laughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
“The role was something like ‘Sweat Mopper’ — it was for something with basketball,” he says of an audition requiring a pratfall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023
In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023
I am glad my every pratfall doesn’t end up on social media.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2023
As I was telling you, they had just lifted me from the floor, my performance and subsequent pratfall the sources of a great feeling of camaraderie.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
