Meanings of frightful fall in English

How did you escape after that frightful fall from the ledge?

Why was David called 'a man after God's own heart,' notwithstanding his frightful fall?

The Vorkuls, with their inhumanly powerful, sinuous bodies, were scarcely affected by the shock of that frightful fall.

Maston's joy knew no bounds, and he nearly had a frightful fall whilst looking down the tube of 900 feet.

The ecstasy of J. T. Maston knew no bounds, and he narrowly escaped a frightful fall while staring down the tube.

She could have annihilated her at a stroke, and Uncle Prudent and his companions would have been dashed to atoms in a frightful fall.

My will-power was not strong enough to disregard those crashes in the streets outside, when houses collapsed with frightful falling noises after bomb explosions.