nose-down

I live in the desert, so I never give much thought to the possibility of me landing my hatchback nose-down in the drink.

FLASH FLOOD • by Gay Degani

I bring along a book so he can go nose-down into it, and he seems to recover quickly if he has that kind of retreat from the sensory overload of his day.

Day in the Life of an Idiot

Judging from the concentration of deer and the nose-down posture of many animals, it appears they are also finding food (or being fed) along this route.

Adios, Winter?

The Harrier entered a nose-down slicing turn back to the east.

A Nightmare’s Prayer

To my horror, I realized my jet was in a ten-degree nose-down slicing turn, plunging toward earth.

A Nightmare’s Prayer

Just after the gear left the cargo door, the aircraft seemed to have trouble stabilizing its center of gravity and went nose-down toward the runway.

Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile

Mostly intact, it looked like, though very much nose-down with her tail in the air—she must have plowed into the earth.

Songs of Love & Death

When I'm nose-down in a book, my brain is pretty nearly useless for anything else.

From Twitter 01-03-2010

But by tomorrow sometime, I should be nose-down on the revision track, and happy to be there.

From Twitter 03-02-2010

Generally, the year is (hopefully appropriate to our new administration) thought to be one of modesty, nose-down hard work, prosperity, tolerance, fortitude and sustained effort with the long-term in mind.

Waylon Lewis: Canadian Funnyman Rick Mercer Learns About the Chinese New Year