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

I was about to fall headlong into the gaping well, when I was drawn back by a firm and powerful hand.

From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules

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

He probably had taken deliberate aim at me, and on seeing me almost fall headlong, doubtless gave himself credit for another Yankee sent to "the happy hunting grounds."

From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander

I had thought he would fall headlong down the ladder, so distractedly did he behave himself, and called upon him sharply to tell me wherein lay this danger to Idonia he affected to fear.

From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Wallis, Arthur F.