How to Use fall flat in a Sentence

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• But city efforts to restore its lost vim and vigor have fallen flat.
  — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
• That being said, there’s an art to styling these jeans in order to keep your look from falling flat.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 2 July 2026
• Any of the others could fall flat, too, but for different reasons.
  — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 15 July 2026
• Rebrands fall flat, bets don't land, and initiatives become a dud.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
• Even the most beautiful furniture can fall flat if your living room layout is off.
  — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
• Hart plays Joe, a marketing executive whose pitch for a new vodka line falls flat.
  — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Without a well-fitting T-shirt or tank, an ensemble can fall flat or look unfinished.
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2026
• But many of the shows, other than The Morning Show, fell flat with audiences.
  — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026
• Even the president’s jokes about his bad jokes fell flat, and he was widely ridiculed for the comedy routine afterward.
  — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
• The Song of Ice and Fire, passed down from one Targaryen king to another all these years, falls flat here.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Chastain’s many previous proposals that reached ballots have mostly fallen flat with voters.
  — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
• Sauro, who posted a video of the debate exchange on Facebook late last week, said Leary’s Monday apology letter fell flat.
  — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 28 July 2026
• The trick to making the formula feel dynamic is mixing materials, as a blend of textures helps prevent your ensemble from falling flat.
  — Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 10 July 2026
• Without proper governance for people, processes and technology, your ability to scale will fall flat.
  — Saeed Amidi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• After recording a convincing win in its first matchup with Denver, the Current fell flat in the second half of what had been a tight contest at Orlando.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
• The comment section, that unmediated middle ground between creator and consumer, is where comparisons between The Tale of Genji and cell phone novels start to fall flat.
  — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
• Early mistakes, poorly attended initial events, or outreach strategies that fall flat may become part of a story about iteration and growth that shapes their personal statement or supplemental essays.
  — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• Those efforts fell flat before Judge Kaplan, New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, and most recently, the Supreme Court.
  — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
• But with Trump returning to office and previous Democratic attempts to rein in his power through impeachment falling flat, the kind of Trump accountability messages pushed by the incumbents didn’t stick among constituents.
  — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
• What resonates with customers in one market may fall flat in another, and many executives underestimate how much positioning, audience expectations and local credibility can influence growth.
  — Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
• On the downside, the Scarecrow (Cillian Murphy) isn’t fleshed out enough and the chemistry between Bale and Katie Holmes, as an assistant DA and the childhood friend of Bruce’s, falls flat.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026