Read full poem →She was so gentle and so good,
That duty bade me fall in love,
And ‘but for that,’ thought I, ‘I should!’
Dictionary Entry
(of a person, animate object following “with”) To come to have feelings of love directed at another person or a thing.
In a Sentence
“I fell in love with him the moment I first saw him.”
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Poetry examples for “fall in love”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →What weathercocks men always prove!
You're quite right not to fall in love.
_I_ never did, and, truth to tell,
Read full poem →I had imagined Buddy would fall in love with me that week-end
and that I wouldn't have to worry about what I was doing on any