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