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
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
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.
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
On land ill-success continued to dog the footsteps of the allies.
From History of Holland by Edmundson, George
