dog the footsteps of
Example Sentences
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He may meet them anywhere, but is especially apt to dog the footsteps of the sorcerer who killed him.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
Then she would dog the footsteps of this girl, find out where she went, with a view of deducing from it what she did.
From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Jack agreed with him, and doubtless they would have constituted themselves a committee of two to "dog" the footsteps of the fat man, had not Cora firmly interfered.
From The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar by Penrose, Margaret
On land ill-success continued to dog the footsteps of the allies.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
Suspicion and mistrust began to dog the footsteps of the bright young girl; she was no longer a universal favorite—some of the girls even openly expressed their dislike of her.
From A World of Girls The Story of a School by Meade, L. T.
