Sentence examples for landing flat from inspiring English sources

Off balance, he used his glove to make two stops on the very same shot, all while losing his stick and landing flat on his back.

More often then not, they must pass the puck through the air, using what are called saucer passes — the puck is a flying saucer, arcing over opponents' sticks and landing flat on the ice just in time to hit the tape on the recipient's stick.

But then, to my great dismay, Versalle began climbing the ladder again; as he headed upwards about ten or fifteen feet up while vocalizing with abandon, I said to myself "He's gonna fall!" Moments later, he sang a line that was supertitled, "Too bad you can only live so long" — with which he did what appeared to be a backwards flop from the ladder, landing flat on the stage.

Falling backward and landing flat may result in head injury while falling sideways can cause hip fracture (Hayes et al. 1993).

There was a greater likelihood of injury from falling forward, sideways, and backward and landing flat, compared to falling backward to sitting.

Others have not seen this relationship (Demura et al. 2012), but these researchers did not distinguish falls backward into a seated position (low risk for injury) from those backward and landing flat (higher risk for injury).

Landing flat-footed is a good way to twist your ankle.

Some barefoot runners land flat or on the heel".

His foot lands flat, and he has a burning sensation".

It landed flat and it didn't break.

Somehow I had fallen into the gap between them and landed flat on my back.