Examples of face-first in a Sentence
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After not immediately getting out, Hill was pulled out by his arm and head and forced face-first to the ground, with an officer’s knee on his back.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
This suit was filed in 2020, just a year prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Alston v. NCAA, which was the final push to force the NCAA to tumble face-first into the NIL era of college athletics.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The landing didn’t quite go to plan, though, as the probe landed face-first.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
Sporting a helmet, the Duke of Sussex descended the frozen track face-first and lying on his stomach, reaching speeds of over 60 miles per hour.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
But there was no time to dwell on that, because, within seconds, the crashing whitewater threatened to rip the board from my feet and slam me face-first into the sand.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Workman shoved the child face-first onto the MAX train tracks at the Gateway Transit Center in Portland without provocation on Dec. 28, 2022, as the child and the child’s mother were waiting on the platform.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
Cut to Aang zipping around to entertain the village’s children before smacking face-first into a rock sculpture.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
Somehow he was flipped onto his stomach, face-first down the mountain, his snowboard still attached to his feet.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
This suit was filed in 2020, just a year prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Alston v. NCAA, which was the final push to force the NCAA to tumble face-first into the NIL era of college athletics.
—Joe Sabin, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
The landing didn’t quite go to plan, though, as the probe landed face-first.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
Sporting a helmet, the Duke of Sussex descended the frozen track face-first and lying on his stomach, reaching speeds of over 60 miles per hour.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
But there was no time to dwell on that, because, within seconds, the crashing whitewater threatened to rip the board from my feet and slam me face-first into the sand.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Workman shoved the child face-first onto the MAX train tracks at the Gateway Transit Center in Portland without provocation on Dec. 28, 2022, as the child and the child’s mother were waiting on the platform.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
Cut to Aang zipping around to entertain the village’s children before smacking face-first into a rock sculpture.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
Somehow he was flipped onto his stomach, face-first down the mountain, his snowboard still attached to his feet.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
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“Face-first.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/face-first. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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