As they fell closer, they saw jungles and lakes, dotted by cute little houses.

As they fall back into the sub-freezing layer closer to the surface, they re-freeze into ice pellets.

He finds himself falling for a married woman closer to his age, only to learn she is having an affair with his best friend.

As the plane fell 600 feet closer to the ground, Mr. Bodak felt the controls were no longer working properly.

The law of sexual harassment is evolving, with the number of complaints finally falling closer into line with experience on the job.

Many retailers are counting on late shoppers; some said they hoped to gain because Hanukkah falls closer to Christmas this year than last.

And Karloff's best, most profoundly unsettling performance, I think, falls closer to the pure-evil end of the scale than the scary-but-sympathetic.

His second shot fell a foot closer.

A corresponding scrap was tied thirty feet away, the line between them falling three or four yards closer to the burial ground's entrance.

This is where the play falls closer to Realism.