go headlong

Example Sentences

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"I don't think I would go headlong into another heartbreak story … just did that, takes a lot out of you."

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2022

As she told McDonagh, "I don't think I would go headlong into another heartbreak story . . . just did that, takes a lot out of you."

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2022

I see him go headlong at last and meet his end in the room above after twenty minutes' struggle, with a curious desire at the last to play the man and face his death standing.

From Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

To run away with a man's clothes and then go headlong into the bayou and get his hat all wet!

From The Arkansaw Bear A Tale of Fanciful Adventure by Ver Beck, Frank

Don't go headlong into the tank, though, in your frantic efforts; it might be awkward.

From Round the Wonderful World by Forrest, A. S. (Archibald Stevenson)