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Sentences ending with footstep

At that minute there was the crunch of gravel on the pathway and the sound of a quick footstep. [11]
From it came the same sound he had heard before, but louder; also there was a shuffling footstep. [11]
So lost was she that she was not conscious of an opening door and of a footstep. [11]
He would of preference have stayed in the Intendance had he known that pitfalls and traps were at every footstep. [11]
And yet the master looked round everywhere, and even up the side of that rock, to see if there were no signs of a woman's footstep. [6]
There was no human sound in the air, not even a footstep. [5]
It slipped off her lap and limped away, while she sat staring blankly before her, and at last forgot her sufferings in an uneasy slumber, till she was roused by Iambe's barking and the Alexandrian's footstep. [10]
At last he heard her footstep. [11]
She heard a footstep. [9]
He watched the flies on the wall abstractedly; he listened to the early peripatetic salesmen crying their wares in the streets leading to the Palace; he stroked his cadaverous cheek with yellow fingers; he listened anxiously for a footstep. [11]

Short sentences using footstep

Presently his footstep was heard. [11]

More example sentences with the word footstep in them

There is a woman's footstep on the sand at the side of my deepest ocean-buried inscription! [6]
The descent, however, was made easy by the fact that it rained, and every footstep was yielding and slippery. [4]
The afternoon sun was beating in over the threshold as he reached it, and, at his footstep, a figure started forward from the shadow of a corner. [11]
Think of it--reflect upon it--you have heard a human footstep for the last time. [5]
It was my uncle, whose ear was ever open, that first heard my footstep and turned upon me. [9]
I often tried to track the way she had gone, but her small footstep left no print upon the dewy ground, to guide me. [12]
He listened anxiously to the sounds in the distance, and fancied at first that he heard the Alexandrian's footstep, and then that he heard loud words and suppressed groans coming from his cave. [10]
They were all three roused by hearing a light footstep on the veranda. [11]
As she listened there was a footstep at the door of the tent, a voice called to her softly, and a hand drew aside the tent curtain. [11]
Still lower, beyond the turn of the staircase, one could hear the footstep of someone in thick felt boots, and a voice that seemed familiar to Princess Mary was saying something. [2]
He soon knew the tale of Ranulph's misfortunes, but he had not yet been told of his present plans when there came a quick footstep, and Carterette was at her father's side. [11]
A footstep on the stairs, and now the door was slowly opening. [12]
Then I caught the sound of a light footstep, the knob turned, and joy poured into my soul with the sweep of a Fundy tide. [9]
She shook like the sensitive mimosa when a footstep approaches. [4]
Angel hands have strewn the ground deep with snow, that the lightest footstep may be lighter yet; and the very birds are dead, that they may not wake her. [12]
She made a step towards the door, then turned and spoke: "My Lord, I have no palace and no ground wherein your footstep will not be trespass. [11]
Dicky heard a soft footstep in the companionway, then before the door. [11]
Who's talking about prairie- flowers--" He stopped suddenly, turned round at the sound of a footstep behind him, and saw, standing in a doorway leading to another room, a man who was digging his knuckles into his eyes and stifling a yawn. [11]
To these succeeded pert cottages, two and two with plots of ground in front, laid out in angular beds with stiff box borders and narrow paths between, where footstep never strayed to make the gravel rough. [12]
There was a pause, which seemed interminable to the Young Doctor, who was listening for the heavy footstep of Joel Mazarine outside the house; and then at last in agitation Louise said to him: "Will he get well? [11]
For the greater part of the year the plateau whereon the Tent stands is covered with a sweet grass, and when the grass dies there comes a fine white frost, ungoverned by the sun, in which the footstep sinks, as into an unfilled honeycomb. [11]
The hardest thing in this world to get used to is the absence of a familiar footstep and the cheerful greeting of a familiar eye. [11]
When she heard her husband's footstep on the porch, she put out her light, but still lay thinking in the darkness. [9]
He watched for her coming to his chamber; he could distinguish her light footstep from all others. [5]
One footstep was heavier than the other--heavier and a little stumbling; she recognised them, Frank and Richard. [11]
Very soon they heard The Butcher's heavy footstep as he went out to get his raw meat and vitriol punch. [6]
A footstep was heard on the stairs, and she said: "There-he's coming! [5]
The old man heard from afar the younger man's footstep, which fell on the earth with a firmer and more decided tread than that of the softly-stepping priests of Serapis, and he greeted him warmly with signs and words. [10]
Hayne, the same groom who had been at Austerlitz, led up the Emperor's horse, and the faint creak of a footstep Rostov knew at once was heard on the stairs. [2]
They heard the front door open and shut, a footstep in the hall, then the door opened and John Grier came into the room. [11]
She heard his footstep, rapid and receding. [4]
He heard Guida's footstep now, and standing up he parted the apple boughs for her entrance. [11]
It was not far to the Castle, yet every footstep had a history. [11]
I was just falling into a troubled sleep when a footstep on the gallery startled me back to consciousness. [9]
She heard it close again, and a footstep across the room. [9]
Another three minutes, and there was a footstep on the stair. [5]
A light footstep and the clinking of spurs were heard at the door, and the young count, handsome, rosy, with a dark little mustache, evidently rested and made sleeker by his easy life in Moscow, entered the room. [2]
There was great and general dissatisfaction, of course, but--" Just here there was an eager footstep on the stair; I opened the door, and my aunt Mary burst into the room. [5]
We were not alone-- not alone--" There was a rustle of curtains, a heavy footstep, and Lempriere of Rozel staggered into the room. [11]
They all shouted again with laughter, but it was hushed as soon as they heard Ameni's well-known footstep. [10]
Then I heard a sound that I knew to be a footstep upon boards. [9]
Presently there was a soft footstep beside him, and he turned. [11]
Now there was a quick footstep, and Byng entered with a cordial smile and an outstretched hand. [11]
Presently I heard a heavy footstep in my room--the step of an elephant, it seemed to me--it was not like anything human. [5]
In the silence a footstep sounded without, and then a form appeared in the doorway. [11]
Presently he heard a footstep in the room, and turned over so that he might see. [11]
Presently there was a footstep behind me, and, turning, I saw in the half-light the widowed wife. [11]

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