footpace

Example Sentences

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It came at a footpace past the wicket-gate of the station, and the doctor stopped it with a whisper.

From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Kipling, Rudyard

Nicholas sent the man to call Natasha and Petya to him, and rode at a footpace to the place where the whips were getting the hounds together.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Rostov rode on at a footpace not knowing why or to whom he was now going.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The carriage rolled on, gently swaying and lurching: Lavr�tzky proceeded homeward at a footpace.

From A Nobleman's Nest by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

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