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 story is the perfect example of being thrown headfirst into a story and watching the narrative’s complexities unfold before your eyes.
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American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The series is less a procedural crime drama than a social portrait diving headfirst into the simmering cultural anxiety around boys and young men in the age of incels, male dislocation, and toxic podcasts.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
He was found buried headfirst in a tree well, The Seattle Times added.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
There are committed performances, and there’s Kidman’s all-or-nothing interpretation of a CEO diving headfirst into an affair with a younger man in Halina Reijn’s conversation-starter of a romantic melodrama.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
The series is less a procedural crime drama than a social portrait diving headfirst into the simmering cultural anxiety around boys and young men in the age of incels, male dislocation, and toxic podcasts.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
He was found buried headfirst in a tree well, The Seattle Times added.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
There are committed performances, and there’s Kidman’s all-or-nothing interpretation of a CEO diving headfirst into an affair with a younger man in Halina Reijn’s conversation-starter of a romantic melodrama.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Headfirst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headfirst. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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