dog the footsteps of
Example Sentences
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Nemesis seemed powerless to dog the footsteps of the lodger, retribution was incapable of tracking him down.
From Adventures of Bindle by Jenkins, Herbert George
Some tragic fatality seems to dog the footsteps of this Government in all their dealings with Ireland.
From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius
On land ill-success continued to dog the footsteps of the allies.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
He therefore set at least three men, or women, to dog the footsteps of the suspect.
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George
And I, for one, will never believe the trail of the serpent to be so indelible that barefaced incongruity must dog the footsteps of civilisation.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
