dog the footsteps of
Example Sentences
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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
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
I wondered what perverse fate had driven him for eight years to dog the footsteps of a girl whose charm was due to qualities naturally distasteful to him.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Cather, Willa Sibert
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
