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
At a wild scream from the girl those in advance turned in time to see the flying form of a young Indian, who had just emerged from the near-by forest, fall headlong at her feet.
From At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear by Munroe, Kirk
Otherwise it was dark, pitch dark, in the narrow, crooked streets, and down by the wharves, where one might fall headlong into the sea if tipsy, or a stranger.
From Skipper Worse by Kielland, Alexander Lange
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 Dougall, Lily
I heard him stumble and fall headlong at the door above; then he shot off into the still darkened hall, and when I had gained the top I lost track of him for a moment.
From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith
