endlong
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of endlong
1175–1225; Middle English endelong; replacing Old English andlong along
Example Sentences
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Not more amazement seized on Circe’s guests, To see themselves fall endlong into beasts, Than mine, to find a subject staid and wise Already half turned traitor by surprise.
From An Essay on Man by Morley, Henry
Then he rode endlong the gates of that manor nigh half-an-hour.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
But Sir Bors himself and others of Sir Launcelot's kin took on them to ride all England across and endlong, to seek Sir Launcelot.
From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo
And right so these four knights came into the field endlong and through.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 by Malory, Thomas, Sir
Not more amazement seized on Circe's guests, To see themselves fall endlong into beasts, Than mine, to find a subject, staid and wise, Already half turn'd traitor by surprise.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George
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