afoot
Example Sentences
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But a paradigm shift is afoot in Europe’s largest nation, and Washington should take note.
Trier trusts his audience to understand that something deeper and more thorny is afoot here, without laying out information plainly.
From Salon
Something bigger was afoot: that by-election last month was as much about who was going to lose as it was about who was going to win.
From BBC
But Miss Mortimer’s letter seemed to imply that there was actual trouble afoot.
From Literature
The game afoot isn’t lost on the State Department.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
