headforemost
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of headforemost
Example Sentences
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“In a way, it would not be a new experience for me. When I pitched headforemost into the world I landed in the crib of negroism.”
From Washington Post
As he said the words, he threw off his coat, waistcoat, and his long gum-boots, and plunged headforemost into the sea.
From Project Gutenberg
He did not end the sentence in words, but seized the man by the neck, and, strong as a lion in his moments of hot excitement, whirled him furiously from the door and sent him all across the room, pitching headforemost on to the stone floor; then tore the door open and carried the screaming nun out into the road.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
Austin felt for a better hold, but two or three bales fetched away as he did so, and in another moment he plunged down headforemost into the sea.
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