Thesaurus / nose-dive
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His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINISympathising with its desires, Benjy changed his posture, and managed just to touch the nose of his enemy.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEHe walked first to one side, and then the other, rooting in the dirt with his funny, rubbery nose.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMHe shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEThe girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONThen Squinty would toss the apple up in the air, off his nose, and catch it as it came down.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMSmoking was called drinking tobacco, as the fashionable method was to "put it through the nose" or exhale it through the nostrils.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.I have taken a violent dislike to more than one clever American man merely because he trailed his voice through his nose.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONHer nose was high bridged, and straight to a point while the mouth below was small and tempting.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXTo punish the habit, a Turk was seized and a pipe transfixed through his nose.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.WORDS RELATED TO NOSE-DIVE
- career
- cast
- charge
- dash
- descend
- dip
- drive
- drop
- duck
- fling
- go down
- go the limit
- go whole hog
- hurtle
- immerge
- immerse
- jump
- keel
- lunge
- lurch
- nose-dive
- pitch
- plummet
- plunk
- propel
- rush
- shoot the works
- sink
- sound
- submerge
- submerse
- swoop
- take a flyer
- take a header
- tear
- throw
- throw oneself
- thrust
- topple
- tumble
- bowl down
- bring down
- descend
- dip
- disarrange
- disarray
- disorder
- disturb
- do a pratfall
- down
- drop
- fall headlong
- flatten
- floor
- flop
- go belly up
- go down
- hit the dirt
- jumble
- keel
- keel over
- knock down
- knock over
- level
- lose footing
- lose it
- mess up
- nose-dive
- pitch
- plummet
- plunge
- roll
- sag
- skid
- slip
- slump
- spill
- stumble
- take a header
- tip over
- topple
- toss
- trip
- unsettle
- upset
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