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
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.
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)
Failing, he would fall headlong into the inevitable chopsticks, beating it out with the air of a master.
From Exit Betty by Hill, Grace Livingston
