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
The moment would come when she must fall headlong.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
Twenty-four hours after he had seen Stoner fall headlong into Hobwick Quarry, Mallalieu made up his mind for flight.
From The Borough Treasurer by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
She groped carefully for the newel-post, for going down was more dangerous than coming up, and she feared she might fall headlong.
From Marjorie's Busy Days by Wells, Carolyn
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
