pell-mell
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Pell-mell down the dark hill they ran beside the rolling caravan.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Pell-mell the residents hastened to the exits, squeezing between pews, climbing over them, climbing over one another.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Pell-mell they went over rocks and shrubs, regardless of themselves or their horses, and succeeded in reaching the friendly cover just about three minutes before the cavalry came into sight over the hill.
From The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes by Fowler, Frank
Pell-mell through the shallow water 404 and into the boat leaped the Green Jackets, holding their rifles high in the early sunshine; Skeel sprang in last of all; the oars flashed.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Pell-mell down the stairs rushed the youths, one after another.
From Dave Porter in the Gold Fields or, The Search for the Landslide Mine by Rogers, Walter S.
Vocabulary lists containing pell-mell
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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