footpace
Example Sentences
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The carriage rolled on, gently swaying and lurching: Lavr�tzky proceeded homeward at a footpace.
From A Nobleman's Nest by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
"I think you must have taken Uncle Sidney unawares," said Alicia, when the caravan was toiling at a slow footpace along the rough wagon road paralleling the Horse Creek grade.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
The altar, where a weekly requiem had been said for them, was gone, and the footpace and piscina alone showed where it had stood.
From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh
Dolokhov was a long time mounting his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at a footpace.
From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
I made no answer—what answer had I to make?—and we rode at a footpace down the street; he and I leading, Clon and the shock-headed man bringing up the rear.
From Under the Red Robe by Weyman, Stanley John