Off the high place

Usage examples of fallen.

Had it not been for a determined English professor named Arthur Holmes, the quest might well have fallen into abeyance altogether.

An aerolite had fallen in the marketplace of Coomassie, and, still more strange, a child was born which was at once able to converse fluently.

He told himself that it was the other aeronaut that had been shot in the fight and fallen out of the saddle as he strove to land.

Mercedes had fallen half fainting, when released from the warm and affectionate embrace of old Dantes.

Boots, the whole thing should have fallen apart, because Boots is a poster child for gene-pool dilution, but Holovka had made an alliance with an Afghani warlord.

Jannis saw how Ali Aga had fallen in the world, and suddenly he felt very fond of this Turk, whose misery frightened him.

When all efforts had failed, Seregil had tumbled into it beside Alec and fallen asleep almost at once.

Signing for Alec to keep quiet, she settled behind a fallen tree and pointed across to the other side.

Izrail, the son of Seljuk, had fallen in a battle against Alp Arslan and the humane victor had dropped a tear over his grave.

You see a little ugly thing like an anatomized ape,--there, see,--he has just thrown down a chair, and, in stooping to pick it up, has almost fallen over the Dutch ambassadress,--that is Louis Armand, Prince of Conti.

He spoke of his brothers, former knights who served under the banner of Lord Amelet of Reims and who had fallen at the hand of King Richard, at Crecy.

I could not have been more surprised or incredulous if Amrita had told me that she had fallen in love with the old bellhop and was leaving me.

Diane had fallen ill and had retired to her beautiful chateau of Anet which enhanced the beauty of the valley of the Eure and which Philibert Delorme had helped her to make one of the most magnificent examples of architecture in the country.

Mr Topper, seizing the fallen man by the arnd and dragging him ruthlessly over the matting in an abortive effort to help him to his feet.

Night had just fallen and Torrance uncorked a bottle of arrack and took a sip.