fall headlong
Example Sentences
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Again & again wily Senator Black would trip Witness Hopson up, cause him to fall headlong into puddles of contradiction.
From Time Magazine Archive
Otherwise it was dark, pitch dark, in the narrow, crooked streets, and down by the wharves, where one might fall headlong into the sea if tipsy, or a stranger.
From Skipper Worse by Kielland, Alexander Lange
At once there flashed into Brougham's mind remembrance of the death pact, and he leaped from the bath, only to lose all consciousness and fall headlong to the floor.
From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by Bruce, H. Addington (Henry Addington)
He found that the floor of this cave also inclined downwards, and he went very cautiously, lest he should come unawares upon a chasm and fall headlong to his doom.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
It was a wonder they both did not fall headlong, going at such speed.
From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie
