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
I was about to fall headlong into the gaping well, when I was drawn back by a firm and powerful hand.
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
"We must fall back before them if they push on, and then methinks they might drive us over the brink, so that we fall headlong to the bottom, and break in pieces."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
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)
Dædalus 15 turned just in time to see Icarus fall headlong into the waves.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)
