headfirst
adverb
head·first
ˈhed-ˈfərst 
1
: with the head foremost
dove headfirst into the waves
2
headfirst
adjective
Examples of headfirst in a Sentence
She dove into the water headfirst.
She rushed into the relationship headfirst.
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This year dropped me headfirst into a reality that feels more like lucid dreaming with a lighting rig.
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Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Take a step forward and smack headfirst into a brick wall, which is how this transfer window has often seemed.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Cena rammed Cody through the chair in the corner headfirst.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Pamela Anderson Is Quietly Revolutionary in The Naked Gun
Running into walls
Speaking of femme fatales, Pamela Anderson isn’t the first woman to enchant a Drebin to walk headfirst into a wall.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
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Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
Take a step forward and smack headfirst into a brick wall, which is how this transfer window has often seemed.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2025
Cena rammed Cody through the chair in the corner headfirst.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Pamela Anderson Is Quietly Revolutionary in The Naked Gun
Running into walls
Speaking of femme fatales, Pamela Anderson isn’t the first woman to enchant a Drebin to walk headfirst into a wall.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for headfirst
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headfirst. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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