foot pavement

Example Sentences

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They fell into line on the foot pavement.

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle

When Mathieu and Marianne alighted from their cab on the Quai d'Orsay, in front of the Beauchenes' residence, they recognized the Seguins' brougham drawn up beside the foot pavement.

From Fruitfulness by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

Umbrellas were being shut up, and wayfarers, who had taken shelter beneath the trees, ventured from one foot pavement to another through muddy streams which were rushing into the gutters.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

On the foot pavement sat several families whose barricades of chairs compelled the friends to step down on to the roadway.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

Policeman Ellis, C 91, saw the Marquis, with two or three other persons and a woman in his cab, driving down the Haymarket, and committing the insane freak of making the foot pavement his road. 

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John