Sentence examples for better to fall from inspiring English sources

It's better to fall into second place.

For them it is better to fall in line like everyone else and do the Premiership thing of thundering and raging?

As late as 1920, an English missionary reported that many Indians had told him, "It is better to fall into the power of our spirits than into the hands of the Christians".

In spite of Hamas's rejection, there is a weariness on the Palestinian side with conflict, as there is on the Israeli side, and Hamas may make the calculation it would be better to fall in line for the time being.

Although he prudently avoids giving unnecessary offense, he defends writing that might anger his predecessors, because "it is better to fall into the hands of men than to abandon the function of a historian by covering up a loathsome sight by colours that conceal the truth".

At one point in "Twelfth Night," in her vain pursuit of the in-drag Viola, Olivia exclaims, "If one should be a prey, how much the better to fall before the lion than the wolf!" Then, at least in the Dog Run Rep version seen Thursday at the Space Gallery, and as played by Margaret Nichols, Olivia gives a come-on of a little roar.

Michael Douglas knows better than to fall into Sharon Stone's black-widow trap!

By Andy Borowitz Michael Douglas knows better than to fall into Sharon Stone's black-widow trap!

Thankfully he has better memories to fall back on, most notably the 2006 triumph.

We ought to know better than to fall for this, especially those of us who have ever acted as confidants to the obsessed.

The moral of the story is that it is better not to fall into the trap of being reliant on a single growth strategy.