variants
or faceplant
plural face-plants or faceplants
: a sudden face-first fall
tripped and did a face-plant
variants
or less commonly faceplant
face-planted also faceplanted; face-planting also faceplanting; face-plants also faceplants
: to fall suddenly and face-first : to do a face-plant
tripped and face-planted on the stage
Examples of face-plant in a Sentence
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 2 May 2025
All will have successes, failures, face-plants and power plays, and all will do it on the biggest stages around.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Sony already watched Morbius and Madame Web face-plant at the box office, earning a mere $167 million and $100 million globally, respectively.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
We were determined not to face-plant and embarrass ourselves.
—Mara Reinstein, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
The death-defying design of the skates, along with the heavy material of the long brown skirt, would cause most athletes to face-plant within seconds.
—Dina Gachman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
This lasts one or two seconds before I face-plant into the lake, water gushing up my nose with the force of a fire hydrant.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
For his generation, Snap was the grapevine; every thought or face-plant was posted there.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
The developments amount to a face-plant by Humane, which had positioned itself as a top contender among a wave of A.I. hardware makers.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Noun
In her rush to intervene, Stacy trips on a wire and face-plants hard.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 2 May 2025
All will have successes, failures, face-plants and power plays, and all will do it on the biggest stages around.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
Sony already watched Morbius and Madame Web face-plant at the box office, earning a mere $167 million and $100 million globally, respectively.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
We were determined not to face-plant and embarrass ourselves.
—Mara Reinstein, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
The death-defying design of the skates, along with the heavy material of the long brown skirt, would cause most athletes to face-plant within seconds.
—Dina Gachman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
This lasts one or two seconds before I face-plant into the lake, water gushing up my nose with the force of a fire hydrant.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024
For his generation, Snap was the grapevine; every thought or face-plant was posted there.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
The developments amount to a face-plant by Humane, which had positioned itself as a top contender among a wave of A.I. hardware makers.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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“Face-plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face-plant. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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