Sentence examples for fall lightly from inspiring English sources
AN 11-YEAR-OLD REFLECTS ON SNOWFLAKES The soft snowflakes fall lightly from the sky.
The delicate wafers of food fall lightly onto the water, linger on the surface tension, and are broken apart on infinitely eager lips.
His cascading arpeggios fall lightly like lingering raindrops falling on a thirsty leaf.
Rain also started to fall lightly, and shortly after the restart a caution was issued when Helio Castroneves spun.
Second, they can hope to fall lightly, and third, they can hope the clowns who are supposed to haul them out of their alive do their job, and the bull doesn't tear them a new one as they scramble around in the dirt.
Sift the flour by shaking or squeezing the sifter - the flour will fall lightly into the bowl below.
Snow began falling lightly after dark.
White flags across the garden; perfect rectangles, perfect things, falling lightly on the gravel, resting in the tall grass.
I heard a Velcro wallet ripping open, twenty dollars fell lightly into the locked plastic box, and the curtain rose.
Was "Lost in Translation" really, as it first appeared, a wistful commentary on the plight of Americans abroad, who shut themselves in their hotel rooms and fell lightly in love because it was sweeter, and less scary, than venturing outside?
A soft snow falls lightly on Venice in ABOUT FACE (Atlantic Monthly, $24), Donna Leon's latest mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, a sight so precious that "Brunetti closed his eyes from the joy of it".
