footstep

Example Sentences

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But he said the appointment was a "significant footstep towards a new society where the Irish language is treated with dignity and equality".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

The duo went 1-2 in the 200, with Coleman beating his older teammate for the first time, edging him by a footstep, 21.01 to 21.27.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2023

“Hopefully, people will follow in the footstep of my brother Hazzaa and my footsteps,” al-Neyadi said, the flags for the UAE and its space center hanging behind him.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

The walls heave with weird, “Repulsion”-like plaster bulges; the pipes clang; the upstairs neighbor — is there an upstairs neighbor? — treads so heavily that the light fixture sways with every footstep.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

Judd walks across the kitchen, and at the thud of each footstep, Shiloh huddles down farther and farther in the box, like maybe he can make himself disappear.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor