Sentence examples for plunge headfirst from inspiring English sources

A few kingfishers plunge headfirst into water from perches or from hovering flight, but these number only a few of the species-rich family Alcedinidae.

Henrik Stenson rode a five-under 31 on the front nine to the lead, only to plunge headfirst into an abyss with a quadruple-bogey 8 at the 18th hole.

And those traits are probably best exemplified by his willingness to not just manage in Japan, but to plunge headfirst into its culture, both accepting and challenging it all at once.

Among the members of the order that have attracted special attention are certain kingfishers that plunge headfirst into water for fish and are associated with Classical mythology; according to the ancient Greeks, Ceyx and his wife Alcyone were shipwrecked at Delphi and were changed into kingfishers.

If all goes as planned, he will do a series of barrel rolls in the near-vacuum of the stratosphere and then plunge headfirst at more than 700 miles per hour, becoming the first sky diver to break the sound barrier.

Inspired by 10 of Edgar Allan Poe's most twisted tales, The Masque of the Red Death, opening at BAC next week, is an opportunity for audiences to rove this labyrinth - and plunge headfirst into its strange, haunting parallel universe, discovering the drama for themselves in a series of encounters with the performers.

Mr. Murphy plunged headfirst into the snow.

Mr. Cromer's version plunges headfirst into the blackness, leaving the comedy to sink or swim.

The Pierce-Bruschi generation has apparently plunged headfirst into the deep end of confrontational analysis.

Rather it plunges headfirst into the phenomenology of pain, which she wraps in a beautifying prose.

Following that episode, he plunges headfirst into the murky world of espionage.