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
It seemed to be coming right down upon him, and incontinently he dropped his bacon and set off running, only to fall headlong.
From The Wonderful Visit by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
It was equally dangerous to remain fixed in space, or to fall headlong upon a planet and be smashed, or be buried miles deep if the projectile did not collapse.
From Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner by Douglass, Ellsworth
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
Dædalus 15 turned just in time to see Icarus fall headlong into the waves.
From Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year by Hartwell, E. C. (Ernest Clark)
