pellmell
- a variation of pell-mell.
Example Sentences
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The crowd stood still for one ghastly second, then fled pellmell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down the broad stone stairway leading from the Capitol gates into the street the advance-guard of a crowd of 500 Communist demonstrators was rushing pellmell.
From Time Magazine Archive
There are plenty of critics of modern basketball and its pellmell, high-scoring format.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Matthew Ridgway's men prudently refrained from pursuing the enemy pellmell, painstakingly mopped up his rearguard elements.
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"They've kicked the dust of this part of the country from their boots, and are riding pellmell away to the south," Rob answered.
From The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico by Payton, Lieut. Howard
