headforemost
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of headforemost
Example Sentences
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All might have been well with me at this hotel, but, unfortunately, in descending the closed-in stairway, I stepped on a sleeping cat and plunged headforemost to the bottom....
From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey
The witty young gentleman, who had been the occasion of all this tumult, was whirled out headforemost to join geese and ganders in the poultry yard.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
I forget even Miss ——, and dive headforemost into the billows.
From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.
Leyland, as generally happens, wriggled headforemost into what might be termed the pocket of the net, and it cost me some trouble to extricate him.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Bindloss, Harold
The ponies almost instantly veered to the left; the light vehicle tipped slightly to the right, and with that Inez went toppling headforemost over the low, leathern mud guard, and Priscilla was alone.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles
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