headforemost
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of headforemost
Example Sentences
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He just pitched headforemost into the cause, and stirred up that great congregation like a tornado.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
An Irishman, when not stranded on the Scylla of indolence, is certain to flounder headforemost on the Charybdis of enthusiasm; and, of the two dangers, the latter is generally the worst.'
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
As the host made no allusion to the topic, the Broom-Squire plunged into the matter, headforemost.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
The next moment, one fellow came diving headforemost out of that triangular hole at the back, followed fast by the other three—the captain last.
From From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw by William Meade Dame
Three times, three times I went headforemost into the darkness.
From Norston's Rest by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
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