Sentence examples for a painful fall from inspiring English sources

This bare-bones scene reminded me of the young child who takes a painful fall and then wails for reassurance.

ROCKETS 86, TRAIL BLAZERS 83: Steve Francis overcame a painful fall to score the Rockets' final 16 points in Houston.

Just look at newspapers, where a painful fall in advertising in 2008 was followed by another steep drop in 2009, with a further fall expected this year.

Toyota's president, Akio Toyoda, has himself berated the company for excessive confidence, which he said had set the company up for a painful fall in the global economic crisis.

Chris Froome suffered a painful fall in the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné but did not lose any time thanks to the sportsmanship of the other riders.

"Though better than expected, this is still a painful fall for any economy," said Craig Botham, emerging markets economist at Schroders.

Purchase arch supports if you're going to be wearing them every day; frequent use can lead to you developing a painful fallen arch.

Investors had all but given up hope when Highfield joined in November 2011, with the company's share price languishing at between 4p and 5p and a market capitalisation struggling to top £20m – a swift, painful fall from the 350p share price and £1bn-plus market capitalisation it enjoyed as recently as 2007.

This is the most crucial point of the jump, if you catch your edge or don't have enough speed to clear the jump the landing is going to be a long painful fall.

When things start to unravel, leverage aggravates an already painful fall.

Napoli's decline was more gradual, the team finishing fourth the next season before commencing a protracted and painful fall from grace, precipitated by boardroom turmoil and mounting debts.