Synonyms for footsteps
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : foo t-step |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊtˌstɛp |
Définition of footsteps
Origin :- early 13c., "footprint," from foot (n.) + step (n.). Meaning "a tread or fall of the foot" is first attested 1530s. Figurative expression to follow in (someone's) footsteps is from 1540s.
- noun footfall
- After they had withdrawn, no other footsteps approached the sacred place.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Following in their footsteps is an inexhaustible efflorescence of prodigies.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Footsteps, it is true, seemed to be passing and repassing, in other parts of the palace.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- He heard her footsteps as she crossed to the door and opened it.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It was ended by footsteps echoing in the covered passageway.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- The footsteps were incessant, and the hurry of them became more and more rapid.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Louder sounded the footsteps, plainer the voices of the redcoats.
- Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
- Unconsciously, in the deep heart of the wood, their footsteps slackened.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Closer sounded the footsteps, and then they ceased and there came a knock on the door.
- Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
- He was behind her, and she could hear his footsteps—longing to go faster.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
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