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.
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s also the fact that these CEOs are rushing headfirst into bringing AI into their organizations.
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Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 16 May 2024
Fairchild raced around the bags in the eighth inning as his fly ball off reliever Erik Miller bounded away from Fitzgerald and Michael Conforto in left-center field, sliding headfirst into home as Jakson Reetz attempted to corral the relay throw.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
As the vehicle slowed down, a brown bear, believed to be the mother, charged at the light truck, ramming into the windshield headfirst, breaking the wiper.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Life isn’t all about rushing headfirst into new territory.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
According to an Astrologer Aries (March 21-April 19) Governed by red-hot Mars, the planet of assertion, energy, and passion, Aries has no problem diving headfirst into a romantic relationship.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Still, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to queue up this summer to launch more than 400 feet in the air at 100-plus-mph, free-fall backward, shoot up again — and plunge, spiral-twisting headfirst back down to earth, feeling the wind in their face and a death-defying rush.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Sasquatch Sunset is a textbook case of the latter, piling on enough quirkiness to almost get on your nerves before suddenly swerving headfirst first into the sublime, rinse, repeat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
Tiger had just finished second in the U.S. Open and immediately dove headfirst into parenthood.
—Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 16 May 2024
Fairchild raced around the bags in the eighth inning as his fly ball off reliever Erik Miller bounded away from Fitzgerald and Michael Conforto in left-center field, sliding headfirst into home as Jakson Reetz attempted to corral the relay throw.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
As the vehicle slowed down, a brown bear, believed to be the mother, charged at the light truck, ramming into the windshield headfirst, breaking the wiper.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Life isn’t all about rushing headfirst into new territory.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
According to an Astrologer Aries (March 21-April 19) Governed by red-hot Mars, the planet of assertion, energy, and passion, Aries has no problem diving headfirst into a romantic relationship.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
Still, hundreds of thousands of people are expected to queue up this summer to launch more than 400 feet in the air at 100-plus-mph, free-fall backward, shoot up again — and plunge, spiral-twisting headfirst back down to earth, feeling the wind in their face and a death-defying rush.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
Sasquatch Sunset is a textbook case of the latter, piling on enough quirkiness to almost get on your nerves before suddenly swerving headfirst first into the sublime, rinse, repeat.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
Tiger had just finished second in the U.S. Open and immediately dove headfirst into parenthood.
—Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headfirst. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
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