The corpse advanced, reached for him, and Barrent dived headfirst through the window.
Isadore Phelps "blew up" with a muffled roar as he turned half a somersault in the air and landed headfirst in a huge snowdrift.
At least, if they didn't dive headfirst into the drift, they were pretty well swallowed up in it.
Without stopping to warn his chums, without considering the risks he was running, he foolishly sprang down on the aft deck and dove headfirstinto the river.
So the bear, thinking, doubtless, that a new game was on, gave one parting snap at the fellow’s leg and went headfirst into the river.
In any case the four of us arose as one and plunged headfirst off our rock into the tangle of brush at the top of the cliff.
Walt and I then attempted to drag the two of them to safety, but in the midst of these efforts a particularly hard lurch sent me headfirst into the projector, and my interest in proceedings thereupon became nil.
The next instant there was a splash and a cloud of flying spray as the body plunged headfirst into the tank.
Now she raised herself on her tiptoes, at the same time bending over and taking a low, shooting leap, dived headfirst to the Slide, down which she shot at a dizzy rate of speed.
With a little scream of alarm Hazel Holland pitched out headfirst and took a graceful, curving dive into the top of a tree just below them.
Chatterer had dived headfirst down between the stones of the old wall at the sound of Sammy's scream, and Peter had dived headfirst into Johnny Chuck's house, on the doorstep of which he happened to be sitting.
At the same time Jack turned his adversary and, clearing him, vaulted to his feet, carrying the other backwards by the impetuous movement and sending him headfirst into a bucket of water.
You see if you do not answer me in a becoming manner I can--" Fret Offut did not have the opportunity to finish his sentence before a stout hand was laid on his shoulder and he was plunged headfirst into the river.
The experienced designers have learned the importance of having great submerged stability, so that no modern craft is likely to make an unexpected headfirst dive into the mud, hard sand, or rocks on the bottom.
In numerous cases it was undoubtedly due to faulty design, especially in boats of the diving type, where they lacked sufficient static stability and plunged headfirst into the bottom.
At the first stride a huge foot went into the soft, black cotton soil, and the young nobleman, thrown off his balance, dove headfirst out of the howdah.
