dog the footsteps of
Example Sentences
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Nemesis seemed powerless to dog the footsteps of the lodger, retribution was incapable of tracking him down.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
And I, for one, will never believe the trail of the serpent to be so indelible that barefaced incongruity must dog the footsteps of civilisation.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
Jack agreed with him, and doubtless they would have constituted themselves a committee of two to "dog" the footsteps of the fat man, had not Cora firmly interfered.
From The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar by Penrose, Margaret
Suspicion and mistrust began to dog the footsteps of the bright young girl; she was no longer a universal favorite—some of the girls even openly expressed their dislike of her.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.
The misfortune which seems to dog the footsteps of many men in every move they make, does not fail to pursue them in bookselling.
From The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by Roberts, W. (William)
