footstep

Example Sentences

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The duo went 1-2 in the 200, with Coleman beating his older teammate for the first time, edging him by a footstep, 21.01 to 21.27.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2023

“I don’t see myself doing nothing else. I’m almost there. Being a cadet gave me a footstep in the door.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

Each footstep on the spongy ground seems to release fumes of decay into already fetid air.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2021

Aching joints are a given, blisters common and twisted ankles never more than a stray footstep in the woods away.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2021

I walked behind Red while my stomach grumbled with each footstep, the chant of food, food, food.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff