Antonyms for falls upon

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawl

Phonetic Transcription : fɔl

Definition of falls upon

Origin : present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.

As in lunge : verb pounce, dive for
As in pounce : verb leap at; take by surprise
As in raid : verb attack, pillage
As in strike : verb devastate, affect
As in stumble : verb happen upon
As in beset : verb plague; hem in
As in come at : verb attack

Example sentences :

Methinks she will fade into the moonlight, which falls upon her through the window.
Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When that falls upon your ears, you will make haste to turn off into the wood.
Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis

The animal then falls upon his side, and the blood is let out by the neck.
Extract from : « Cattle and Their Diseases » by Robert Jennings

He discovers who I am, he falls upon me with the soldiers, and good-bye to Caballuco.
Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos

We can in no way change the amount of rain that falls upon any part of the earth.
Extract from : « Conservation Reader » by Harold W. Fairbanks

And will not this be so when the profoundest sleep of all falls upon the body?
Extract from : « The Life of the Waiting Soul » by R. E. Sanderson

The light of the moon, across which a cloud is passing, falls upon him.
Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert

It is the shadow of history that falls upon the disc, not history itself.
Extract from : « British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV » by Various

Its first steps are so infirm that at every movement it falls upon its knees.
Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet

The refraction of the light that falls upon the surface of the pearl.
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

Synonyms for falls upon

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