footsteps

Example Sentences

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A six-year-old girl diagnosed with cancer said she dreamt of following in the footsteps of the "kind and very polite" doctors who made her "feel better".

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Cervecería Alemana is next and Ernest Hemingway followed in the churro-filled footsteps of Valle-Inclán as regulars of this establishment.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

Alex Freeman, the son of former Green Bay Packers star Antonio Freeman, felt pressure to follow in his footsteps, but his secret love for soccer won.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

OpenAI confidentially filed for an IPO earlier this week, following in the footsteps of Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The haunting, discordant song was getting louder, mingled with the crack and snap of footsteps.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman