headfirst
Example Sentences
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He has, however, run headfirst into significant obstacles, both from the public and key institutions that have curtailed his ambitions.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Weston said that anyone who fancies "throwing themselves headfirst down a mountain" should take the opportunity.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
It begins: “And after all the weather was ideal,” plunging the reader headfirst into the collision between preparations for a party and funeral preparations for a young man killed in an accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
On each project, she bears a new side to herself, often diving headfirst into the depths of her identity, love life and womanhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
A part of him—indeed, a large part—was enjoying this charade, this moment wherein he plunged headfirst into this caricature the humans had created.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
