footfall

Example Sentences

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I don’t want its bucolic spirit to change with the footfall of tourists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Shopping-center visits were up 2.6%, compared with a 5.5% drop in the prior month, while main-street stores footfall climbed 2%, from a 5.4% fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“With Easter and the school holidays falling earlier this year, retailers were expecting a stronger boost to footfall than March delivered,” BRC Chief Executive Helen Dickinson said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Coupled with declining footfall, many say they are concerned about their ability to keep prices down, even with the help of the government's newly announced "High Street Strategy" .

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

All his mind was given to listening and nothing else for two slow hours; but he heard no sound, not even the imagined echo of a footfall.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien