Historical clue formulations

• Carelessly sits (down) — 2024-12-16
• Makes a splash — 2020-12-04
• Sits (down) hard — 2020-07-01
• Lands on a couch, say — 2017-07-12
• Falls into a La-Z-Boy, say — 2016-11-09
• Sits (down) — 2013-06-18
• Lands in a puddle, maybe — 2012-01-22
• Raindrop sounds — 2000-02-15
• Finds an easy chair — 1997-04-20
• Sounds of a leak — 1997-03-06
• Sits heavily — 1995-02-05