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Meanings of fall headlong in English

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Usage of fall headlong in English
1
He hesitated for a moment, then seemed to stumble and fall headlong.
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
2
People do not fall headlong on stumps of underwood with impunity.
The Woodlanders
3
When these last fall headlong into Hell, their wealth will avail them nothing.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy
4
We find it is solid and standing only when we fall headlong against it.
The Story of an African Farm
5
I was for some time afraid to move, lest I should fall headlong down.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
6
Rather will I fall headlong into hell... than do a deed that is unworthy.-Jataka
The Essence of Buddhism
7
Better to yield than fall headlong into the pit one word of hers would open.
Agatha Webb
8
Aunt Annie moved all in a piece, as though she were about to fall headlong.
Bog-Myrtle and Peat / Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from th...
9
Tethys, who is waiting to receive me, often trembles for me lest I should fall headlong.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
10
I expect Gerard will fall headlong in love when he sees you in that blouse, Jill!
Betty Trevor
11
In a few seconds, either she would go hysterical or fall headlong into a pit of incoherent despair.
The President's Assassin
12
That black hole within Kaitlan spread and gobbled up her insides until she would fall headlong into it.
Dark pursuit
13
He heard bowstrings twang, and saw great creatures stagger and fall headlong, and lie panting in the long grass.
Old Kaskaskia
14
Then Stern saw the obeah, his jaw hanging oddly awry, all loose and shattered, fall headlong in the path.
Darkness and Dawn
15
At the approach of post time, I am nearly ill with anticipation, and afterwards fall headlong into deepest melancholy.
The Wings of Icarus: Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher
16
Broken from my matins by a sudden noise, I beheld a deer rush down the precipice, and fall headlong.
The Scottish Chiefs
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