fall headlong
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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 stars glimmered all around us, and time and again we saw them detach themselves and fall headlong, tracing long strokes of fire upon the sky.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Charles de Coster
He was taking a great interest in the affairs of Fred Badger, and would be very much shocked should the other fall headlong into the net that seemed to be spread for his young feet.
From Jack Winters' Baseball Team Or, The Rivals of the Diamond by Mark Overton
My mind is drawn different ways; I fall headlong out of my ideal world, if a holed stocking remind me of the real world.
From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle
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 Lily Dougall
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