footmark

Example Sentences

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They suspect that a footmark where Jonathan said his father fell did not match up with someone slipping and falling.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Dar's late intervention on Prior's behalf also cost them heavily, the umpire having made his decision in the affirmative then noting Johnson's footmark on the crease and asking for a check.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010

These prints, together with another footmark found on the same cardboard cover—the bold and bloody impression of a Cat’s Paw half sole— were the only “serious clues” the investigators could claim.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

“Ah! look, Saxe!” cried Dale: “some one’s footmark in the pine ash!”

From The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps by Burton, Frederic William

How numerous, then, may have been the softer animals of the ancient world, which have not left even a footmark to certify their existence to coming generations!

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward