footpace

Example Sentences

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Rostov reined in his horse, whose spirits had risen, like his own, at the firing, and went back at a footpace.

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The carriage rolled on, gently swaying and lurching: Lavr�tzky proceeded homeward at a footpace.

From A Nobleman's Nest by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

I made no answer—what answer had I to make?—and we rode at a footpace down the street; he and I leading, Clon and the shock-headed man bringing up the rear.

From Under the Red Robe by Weyman, Stanley John

On our way back we rode a footpace, while the captain, now ready enough to talk, answered my many questions.

From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The altar, where a weekly requiem had been said for them, was gone, and the footpace and piscina alone showed where it had stood.

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh