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  • noun Plural form of falling.

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Examples

  • There have been some fallings out among them over the years that add to the intrigue.

    TINAG : Bev Vincent 2009

  • Their ethos (or at least the ethos of those who aspire to Upper-Class Gentilehood) is lovingly enshrined, for instance, in Vanity Fair, with its wide-eyed revelations from the dusty alcoves of Kennedy history and obsessive detailing of the summerings, winterings, and fallings of obscure Eurotrash.

    Class Dismissed 2009

  • Their ethos (or at least the ethos of those who aspire to Upper-Class Gentilehood) is lovingly enshrined, for instance, in Vanity Fair, with its wide-eyed revelations from the dusty alcoves of Kennedy history and obsessive detailing of the summerings, winterings, and fallings of obscure Eurotrash.

    Class Dismissed 2009

  • Eddie Codel and Monochrom's Johannes Grenzfurthner were there, and shot video of the proceedings (and the drinkings, and the fallings, and the weirdness) for us to enjoy.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • And I can never read Tennyson without hearing my father's beautiful Dublin voice, its inflections and subtleties, its peakings and fallings away.

    Joseph O'Connor: 'It was a voice that opened worlds' 2010

  • Still, these kinds of fallings out are never really personal.

    STAR PETER BISKIND 2010

  • Also, McSame pattern behavior to get ahead - attach himself to women to make up for his short fallings.

    GOP Mailer Likens John McCain To Hillary, Suggests Obama Is All About "Pretty Words" 2009

  • After poor Erin, my sainted instructor, had hoisted me back on the horse, we cantered again on that side, no fallings-off, then tried again on the other side.

    Yatima » 2009 » February 2009

  • After poor Erin, my sainted instructor, had hoisted me back on the horse, we cantered again on that side, no fallings-off, then tried again on the other side.

    fell off 2009

  • Was it Matt that put together that thorough analysis of all the misfires and short-fallings of the finale?

    Battlestar Galactica: Watched The Finale? Still Got Questions? We’ve Got Answers! 2009

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