Sentence examples for headlong fall from inspiring English sources

A headlong fall down the cellar stairs kills her instantly.

If they sense there is truly no bottom, they'll just dump the dollar now, precipitating a panicky, headlong fall.

To continue - In Acts he "falls headlong" into "a Field of Blood" ("the Alkeldama" - reason unexplained, although this is the verb used in an "Ebionite" document called the Pseudoclementine Recognitions to describe the "headlong fall" James takes down the Temple steps when the "Enemy" Paul physically attacks him, leaving him for dead) and "he burst open and his bowels gushed out" (thus)!

When Arthur gets word from home that Mordred has betrayed him, seeking to seize both his kingdom and his queen, he sits silently and reflects: Now from hope's summit headlong falling his heart foreboded that his house was doomed, the ancient world to its end falling, and the tides of time turned against him.

As they descended the slope Ennis felt he was in a slow-motion, but headlong, irreversible fall.

Can they halt a headlong decline which appears quite unprecedented?

As Julia and Jane drink (all day) to steady their nerves, reminisce and consider escaping London to avoid the situation altogether, they fall headlong into "Absolutely Fabulous" mode.

Children (and adults with a sense of adventure) will fall headlong for the fairytale factor: think gingham-clad benches and cosy wood-burning stoves.

An achieved and reciprocated love demands an even wider verbal stretch: "Beyond the shadow of all doubt she was certain that if he let go, if he took his hands from her face even for a second, she would fall headlong.

Choughs fall headlong into the wind – they are supreme fliers, handsome with their black plumage and scarlet beaks and legs.

The goal of every space flight is a safe return, not to expand into a comet of light and fall headlong into the sea.