hoof
Example Sentences
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Black cars filled with political leaders and CEOs who didn’t want to hoof it on foot clogged up the town’s two-lane main streets, where the typical year-round population is around 11,000.
Dodger was walking normally, but every time he tried to lift a leg, he paused for a second, like he was having to pull his hoof out of mud.
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Another said: "This one was inevitable. Policy making on the hoof inevitably sees the horse fall at the first fence."
From BBC
I liked the way the horses’ hooves sounded as they trotted down the bright streets.
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That sound of hooves isn't retreating reindeer, but advancing Red Bulls.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.