a bad fall
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
Used to describe a severe or serious fall.
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Examples (10)
- She took a bad fall while out riding.
- The elderly man suffered a bad fall on the icy sidewalk.
- After a bad fall down the stairs, he was rushed to the hospital.
- The doctor said it was a bad fall that caused her broken hip.
- He had a bad fall from his bicycle and needed stitches.
- The construction worker's bad fall from the scaffold left him with serious injuries.
- My grandmother never fully recovered from a bad fall last winter.
- The skier took a bad fall on the steep slope and dislocated his shoulder.
- It was a bad fall that ended his professional dancing career.
- The paramedics were called after she had a bad fall in the parking lot.