fallen
having dropped by the force of gravity
How often you will meet it
Rank 909 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 20,292 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- having dropped by the force of gravity fallen leaves covered the forest floorsat on a fallen tree trunk
- having fallen in or collapsed a fallen building
- having lost your chastity a fallen woman
- killed in battle to honor fallen soldiers
fallen in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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His lines have never fallen in pleasant places.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Under what despotic influence had she, then, fallen?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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The sunbeams of summer were long past, and snowflakes had fallen thickly on the banks of Red River.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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After he had fallen, Ford drew his revolver and shot Biscoe in the head and his wife through the arm.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1