| 1. | Dash'd pell-mell by the blow--yet usher'd life continuing on. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | Of pell-mell havoc and confusion. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | To't, luxury, pell-mell for I lack soldiers. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | He could not help starting, which so changed the position of his nose as to bring the "pyramid" pell-mell upon the stage. - from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| 5. | The most frightful thoughts rushed pell-mell through his mind. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 6. | Caps and buckshot were mixed pell-mell on the tables with glasses of wine. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 7. | How the sea rolls swashing 'gainst the side Stand by for reefing, hearties the winds are just crossing swords, pell-mell they'll go lunging presently. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 8. | Alas What are all these fates, driven on pell-mell Whither are they going Why are they thu. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 9. | Gillenormand talked nonsense in connection with the wedding, and all the fripperies of the eighteenth century passed pell-mell through his dithyrambs. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |