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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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Elias cited injuries, underperformance and players pressing for the face-plant that followed last year’s 91-win season.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
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
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The Savannah Bananas really have internet virality figured out — even their face-plant errors do big numbers.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
Elias cited injuries, underperformance and players pressing for the face-plant that followed last year’s 91-win season.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
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
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“Face-plant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face-plant. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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