footfall

Example Sentences

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"Because footfalls are low, cinema owners can't afford proper maintenance. And since the theatres aren't well maintained, people don't want to watch movies there."

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Above him, he can hear the footfalls of his hosts.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

It has a stop-and-start rhythm of quick-freeze balletic poses and long pauses set against bursts of larger movements and loud footfalls.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Taking one tentative step after another, feeling for steady footfalls, Poncho made his way to midstream.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2022

And it was empty; the only footfalls and the only shadows were their own.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman