Synonyms for footstep

Grammar : Noun

Spell : foo t-step

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊtˌstɛp

Définition of footstep

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

Example sentences :

Here is something like the footstep of one who has worn a shoe; can it be that of our friend?
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

"I heard a footstep in the hall, and it was my duty to see who was passing," he said.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

He had recognised the footstep while it was yet seventy mtres away.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

But no footstep ever passed the floor immediately below: except his own.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

No sound of footstep was stirring; no sign of human figure in sight.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

And yet she knew that she was listening—listening in dread—for a footstep in the house.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

The footstep, real or imagined, broke our conversation at that point, and we did not resume it.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Yes, it was a footstep light and rapid, coming along the gravel-walk.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various

Towards evening, he heard a footstep approaching, and sprang up.
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

William ceased to growl, for far down the road he had heard a footstep that he knew.
Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker

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