footmark

Example Sentences

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Dar's late intervention on Prior's behalf also cost them heavily, the umpire having made his decision in the affirmative then noting Johnson's footmark on the crease and asking for a check.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010

These prints, together with another footmark found on the same cardboard cover—the bold and bloody impression of a Cat’s Paw half sole— were the only “serious clues” the investigators could claim.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

And the table-cloth, which was wrapped up tidily and put in the dresser drawer, came out as clean as ever, with not a single black footmark upon it.

From The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

The following typographic errors have been repaired: Page 8—observe amended to observed—"... gravely observed that the footmark looked as if the foot which made it ..."

From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.

Not a footmark of any sort was to be seen, not a suggestion that any one had visited the place.

From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James