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
He found that the floor of this cave also inclined downwards, and he went very cautiously, lest he should come unawares upon a chasm and fall headlong to his doom.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
Twenty-four hours after he had seen Stoner fall headlong into Hobwick Quarry, Mallalieu made up his mind for flight.
From The Borough Treasurer by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
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 Carlyle, Thomas
"We must fall back before them if they push on, and then methinks they might drive us over the brink, so that we fall headlong to the bottom, and break in pieces."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
