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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