underfoot

Example Sentences

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Today the only sounds were the cawing of an occasional magpie and the dry leaves crackling underfoot as Jonathan and his golden retriever, Moose, walked along the trail.

From Literature

"School is a repressive institution, aimed at subduing the masses. Still and all, it's easier to send you than to have you underfoot. So off you go."

From Literature

“And she was too tired from the chemo and didn’t want me ‘underfoot,’” she said, making them again.

From Literature

“Do you always have to be underfoot?” she asks.

From Literature

Which is more interesting: the grand sweep of Russian history or the crunching sound of acorns underfoot?

From The Wall Street Journal