Sentence examples for fell lightly from inspiring English sources

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?

Snow fell lightly and fog shrouded the top of the hill Wednesday as jumpers landed in training with a firecracker's retort, one leg in front of the other, knees bent, in an event that is judged for style as well as marked for distance.

The meat fell lightly off the duck and the goose bones, the sausage was firm and appropriately coarse, the beans were a tiny bit al dente, and the thick camel-hair-colored broth made my lips stick together.

Her neck softened and her head gently fell, lightly landing below my shoulder.

Snow began falling lightly after dark.

AN 11-YEAR-OLD REFLECTS ON SNOWFLAKES The soft snowflakes fall lightly from the sky.

White flags across the garden; perfect rectangles, perfect things, falling lightly on the gravel, resting in the tall grass.

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".

"I obstructed justice" is not a phrase that falls lightly off the tongue.

But the cuts have so far fallen lightly on the Marietta plant.