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
Willie, who was about to follow, had barely time to spring back and gain a firm footing, when he beheld his brother fall headlong into the smoking ruins below.
From Fighting the Flames by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
He was taking a great interest in the affairs of Fred Badger, and would be very much shocked should the other fall headlong into the net that seemed to be spread for his young feet.
From Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond by Overton, Mark
Le Maître, at the prow, in the violent upsetting, was seen to fall headlong between two bits of ice into the sea.
From The Mermaid A Love Tale by Dougall, Lily
With this strap they walk along on the tow-path of the canal, pulling in this way—so that if the cord should break, I should think they would fall headlong on the ground.
From Rollo in Holland by Abbott, Jacob
