How to Use fallback in a Sentence

fallback

1 of 2 noun

• There’ll be a tier that goes and then there will be some fallbacks.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019
• Or Hodges could have found a home at any of the FCS schools that became his fallback plan.
  — Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
• The fallback was that someone was required to see Myles, then check him in.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• And so, if that's the case, then what's our fallback position?
  — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2021
• Schmitt’s strong arm could be a good fallback option if his bat stalls in pro ball.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 11 June 2020
• But the study doesn't claim children were a fallback market for the vaccine.
  — Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
• Jain isn’t the only board member that is sounding the alarm on VTA’s lack of a fallback plan.
  — Grace Hase, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• As coal plants get older, the grid loses one of its steady fallbacks.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 12 Mar. 2020
• As a protein fallback, there were always warm nuts in the bar, part of a daylong panoply of food and drink.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2019
• And, if things don’t work out with Plan A, the Lakers fallback option is a pretty good one.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
• Though Lee has a very strong chance to be among the four who will compete as a team, coach Jess Graba had a fallback plan.
  — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
• Windsor said if new revenue doesn't come through, the city's parking fund would be the fallback.
  — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2019
• Doña Martha made all of her kids study for other careers, a fallback in case the music didn’t work out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• The Pac-12 schools now had no exit fee and an attractive fallback plan in case the 10 couldn’t come to an agreement.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• There are fallbacks for people who find themselves out of work.
  — Angelica Lavito, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• Hence the fallback of turning Ukraine into an 800-mile-wide DMZ between west and east.
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 10 Mar. 2022
• The system-wide change is a fallback if that's not possible.
  — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 22 May 2018
• Hoops Habit also wrote about how Cory Joseph could make sense for the Suns as a fallback option in free agency.
  — Jeremy Cluff, azcentral, 27 June 2019
• Griffin cannot force a free agent to sign and there are only so many fallback options that fit on the market.
  — Christopher Dodson, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• Pandemic shutdowns drove some chefs to turn to what once seemed like a fallback option: the pop-up.
  — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2021
• But the goal is to hit the ball; a hit-by-pitch is merely an acceptable fallback position.
  — Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• When he wasn’t hired by the Falcons or Jaguars, his fallback was to take over a Rams defense that ranked No. 1 in the league the previous season.
  — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2022
• Perhaps after this season, Utah State won’t be just a fallback option to the Pac-12.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Dec. 2021
• Oil plants are part of the fallback plan to keep the lights on for Oahu residents until those setbacks are sorted out.
  — Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2022
• But as the chip shortage wears on, even companies with fallback chip stocks will start to struggle.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 17 Feb. 2022
• The fallback option for storm victims is to look for help from charities.
  — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• The one fallback is that they’re designed to be adhered to the wall and hardware is required (which is not included).
  — Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2021
• With swollen breasts and a swollen belly, somehow my usual fallback of a trusty naked dress isn’t quite hitting right.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 10 July 2023
• Having a line of credit equal to what is in your cash reserve will give you an extra fallback if the economy does take a turn.
  — Jody Grunden, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• Rather than a fallback, resilience propels one’s work forward, fueling a mindset that turns challenges into catalysts for progress.
  — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

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fall back

2 of 2 verb

• Lows fall back to the low to mid-60s with very light to calm winds.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• Rublev was sure the ball was going to fall back on his side of the net.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
• Most strikes will come as the lure falls back after the hop.
  — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• But there’s a caveat: A child born to each Bridge man will fall back in time.
  — Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
• Claire warned him not to have a heart attack and fell back asleep.
  — Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
• Friday-night lows fall back to the upper 20s to mid-30s.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• There needs to be something to fall back on when times get tough.
  — Dr Byron Cole, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The main booster shut down and fell back to Earth about a minute later.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
• Hamas fighters have nowhere to fall back to in the face of an attack by Israel.
  — Javed Ali, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2023
• And some of those guys don’t have a ton of experience to fall back on.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• The yield briefly breached the 5% last week, and again on Monday, before falling back down to 4.83% by the end of the trading day.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
• So when the Reds lost six straight games in July, the players had a track record of success to fall back on.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 23 July 2023
• Good thing Shelton has his singing career to fall back on.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2024
• When Danny died, Tonya didn’t have any savings to fall back on.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Still, short sellers are betting that Nvidia’s stock price will fall back to earth.
  — Laura Bratton, Quartz, 7 June 2024
• Bhatia finished with a 4-over 76 to fall back to even on the tournament.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2023
• The district fell back on their diesel vehicles to get students to class that week.
  — Hannah Poukish, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
• Usually, the electron will quickly fall back to the ground state and emit a photon.
  — Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023
• Mike Barber was helping his 8-year-old son fall back asleep.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
• Temperatures shoot for highs in a 40-to-45-degree range but may fall back in the rain.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2023
• An offensive lineman kind of gets pushed back and falls back on my leg.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 1 July 2023
• Some schools have already had to fall back to partial closures.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2022
• Under that scenario, the case would fall back into Chutkan’s hands.
  — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 June 2024
• Water falling back to the moon as well as more that seeps up through the cracks in the ice produce rusty red stains on portions of the surface.
  — TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
• More:Daylight saving time 2024: When do clocks fall back?
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 23 Sep. 2024
• If not, he’s got his accounting degree to fall back on.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• The Astros, though, have more muscle memory of winning on which to fall back than the Mets do.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 29 June 2024
• After an initial surge, the stock has fallen back to trade at $54 apiece, close to its $51 issue price.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
• If Trump loses the election, Trump Media has little to fall back on.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
• After all, weddings are unique to every couple, so there aren’t always hard-and-fast rules to fall back on.
  — Jennifer Adams, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024