footstep

Example Sentences

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"You see every single footstep," says Clemens Pohl, chief executive, as he points to a chart revealing disturbances in the fibre optic signal.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 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

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

Each footstep on the spongy ground seems to release fumes of decay into already fetid air.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

He had just turned back to Chapter 1 when he heard Julia’s footstep on the stair and started out of his chair to meet her.

From "1984" by George Orwell