footrest

Example Sentences

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You may need to adjust the height of your chair and if, after adjusting, your feet no longer touch the floor, add a footrest or small stool.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Sure, you can recline the seat or pop up a footrest, but no adjustments you can make will compare to sleeping in a real horizontal bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

A year later, I still have my pile of library books, tucked in a box that I use as a footrest at my desk.

From The Verge • Mar. 11, 2021

In the movie’s most ferocious scene, the chair rises up on its footrest and launches an attack, eyes aglow.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2019

I put my shoulder to the footrest of the chair and heave, grunting as I push the chair toward the door.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed