footmark

Example Sentences

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Dar's late intervention on Prior's behalf also cost them heavily, the umpire having made his decision in the affirmative then noting Johnson's footmark on the crease and asking for a check.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010

These prints, together with another footmark found on the same cardboard cover—the bold and bloody impression of a Cat’s Paw half sole— were the only “serious clues” the investigators could claim.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

I could discern a track of sorts, but the footmark of the animal was much blurred in the soft sand; I could see that it was not antelope-spoor, and that was all.

From Chatterbox, 1906 by Clarke, J. Erskine (John Erskine)

The print was better denned, and answered well for the footmark of a bear.

From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Zwecker, Johann Baptist

“Ah! look, Saxe!” cried Dale: “some one’s footmark in the pine ash!”

From The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by Burton, Frederic William