underfoot
Example Sentences
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“Cool Machine” is a modern masterpiece and an ode to New York, no matter that rats skitter and cockroaches scamper underfoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I walk east, past the embedded brass quotes on Calle de las Huertas, where Golden Age scribes Cervantes and Vega and the Generation of 1927’s Federico Lorca and Valle-Inclán are literally underfoot.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Robe offset the pervasive green with a wool rug from Stark that provides warmth underfoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
I was just fixing to quit weeding and rest a spell under the big hickernut tree when I noticed my shadow was underfoot, nearly straight down.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
