Examples of face-first in a Sentence
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Garcia, trying to catch the throw from home while applying a tag, saw his glove connect with Chisholm’s helmet as the Yankee slid face-first into the Royal’s shin.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Sheets reached up at the last instant while running face-first into the wall.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
Williams hit a flapjack on Hendry, who fell face-first onto the title, which laid on the canvas.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
There’s no shortage of knuckle-head comedy bits, including Randall walking face-first into a glass door and the guys gathering atop a snowy cliff, opening their ski vests and shirts, and writing their net worths on their bare chests with a red Sharpie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Brown was the more effective striker during the exchanges in the second stanza, using his length and power to hurt Dalby before Dalby bit down on his mouthpiece and charged forward, only to be dropped face-first to the canvas with a nasty right.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
When there’s no money for date nights, no buffer for impulse purchases and no tolerance for risky decisions, couples are forced to confront their differences face-first.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
These characters are faced with death frequently, so the idea of throwing themselves face-first into inevitable death – after having watched for decades as expeditioners left and never returned – is second-nature.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Middleton went face-first into the boards and collapsed in a heap.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Sheets reached up at the last instant while running face-first into the wall.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2025
Williams hit a flapjack on Hendry, who fell face-first onto the title, which laid on the canvas.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
There’s no shortage of knuckle-head comedy bits, including Randall walking face-first into a glass door and the guys gathering atop a snowy cliff, opening their ski vests and shirts, and writing their net worths on their bare chests with a red Sharpie.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 20 May 2025
Brown was the more effective striker during the exchanges in the second stanza, using his length and power to hurt Dalby before Dalby bit down on his mouthpiece and charged forward, only to be dropped face-first to the canvas with a nasty right.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
When there’s no money for date nights, no buffer for impulse purchases and no tolerance for risky decisions, couples are forced to confront their differences face-first.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
These characters are faced with death frequently, so the idea of throwing themselves face-first into inevitable death – after having watched for decades as expeditioners left and never returned – is second-nature.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Middleton went face-first into the boards and collapsed in a heap.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Face-first.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face-first. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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