underfoot
Example Sentences
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“Cool Machine” is a modern masterpiece and an ode to New York, no matter that rats skitter and cockroaches scamper underfoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
I walk east, past the embedded brass quotes on Calle de las Huertas, where Golden Age scribes Cervantes and Vega and the Generation of 1927’s Federico Lorca and Valle-Inclán are literally underfoot.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
In the 1960s, American artists began turning their backs on painting and sculpture, turning to a new material of choice: the land underfoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
“Okay, what now?” said Razi, coming to a halt near some wilderness where whistling spur fowl wandered underfoot.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
