How to Use fall for in a Sentence

fall for

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  • There’s no reason to wait till fall for a hearty bowl of soup.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
  • And that could mean many agents falling for such attacks in the wild.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
  • Ritchson plays a tough guy who falls for a local gangster’s girl.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 21 July 2026
  • Shares have been under pressure of late, falling for five weeks in a row.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Caplan, however, is careful not to mock the young men who fall for it.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Visit in winter for mild weather or book a room in summer or late fall for the best rates.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • For the first time, global employee engagement has fallen for two years in a row.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • New Zealand home prices fell for the third straight month in June, nearly hitting a three-year low.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • The painting was sold at a Christie’s auction last fall for just under $5 million.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 July 2026
  • No business can afford to fall for the hype, least of all manufacturers.
    — Ross Meyercord, Forbes.com, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The senior running back and standout on special teams will have a full plate this fall for the Blackhawks.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the couples on this list began dating after their characters fell for each other on screen.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
  • Semiconductors fell for a second day in a row, weighing on the latter two benchmarks.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • The unemployment rate can fall for two very different reasons.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • That’s not an exaggeration, as Austin rents have been falling for several years.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • At 15, Diana falls for Lalo, a young man from a neighboring kingdom.
    — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 9 July 2026
  • But stocks fell for some consumer-goods companies, which could see their operations hampered by higher energy prices.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • During that time, Harry begins to fall for the more age-appropriate Erica — who’s far too good for him.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
  • Standing on opposite sides of the protests, the pair fall for each other despite the divide, recognizing in one another a restlessness neither can quite name.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026
  • In real life, Cooke fell for HOTD costar Davis, who portrayed a knight named Leon Estermont.
    — Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026
  • Galena, Illinois History-loving parents-to-be will fall for Galena, an historic small town about three hours from Chicago.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 15 July 2026
  • Those interviews suggest that donors seeking to celebrate America fell for a bait-and-switch that, if true, could have violated various criminal statutes.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • The event was perfect — especially because prior to meeting and falling for Greenstein, 63, Porizkova, 61, was all but ready to give up on love.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • The dollar’s share of global foreign exchange reserves has been falling for decades, reaching a 25-year-low of 57% compared to 71% in 1999.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 July 2026
  • Power and Daniel Sweren-Becker wrote the script, which follows a struggling tennis phenom who falls for a charismatic local ball boy at the US Open.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 13 July 2026
  • Bruno Guimarães took the opportunity, instead, and squandered it with a stutter step that Norwegian keeper Ørjan Nyland didn’t fall for.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 5 July 2026
  • With hundreds of options on store shelves, knowing what actually matters on the Nutrition Facts panel can help consumers find a bar that fits their needs rather than simply falling for front-of-package marketing.
    — Jess Cording, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • As the wealthy married man whom Carrie, the small-town girl played by Jennifer Jones, falls for, Laurence Olivier gives perhaps his best unheralded performance.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2026
  • Stiller steps into the role of divorced writing professor Gus Adler, who begins to fall for a mysterious woman named Stella West (Chastain).
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 21 July 2026
  • And while the fall prestige slate has not been revealed, the Academy membership has a habit of falling for a summer release in July and then being distracted by new, shiny objects in January.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 July 2026

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