underfoot
Example Sentences
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In the 1960s, American artists began turning their backs on painting and sculpture, turning to a new material of choice: the land underfoot.
Robe offset the pervasive green with a wool rug from Stark that provides warmth underfoot.
It shimmered in the sunlight, but underfoot my toes squished in the mud, and next to me, Maeve’s fur was matted with it.
From Literature
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Here, the grapes that tangled themselves around corner-bar trellises all summer fall frozen to the sidewalk, shattering softly underfoot.
From Salon
They were still walking downhill, and the ground was becoming wetter underfoot.
From Literature
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