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
For skiers and snowboarders, feeling untracked, fresh powder underfoot goes beyond just being ideal—it’s the whole point, and it’s downright intoxicating.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 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
The vegetation underfoot smelled sweet and damp, and he thought there must be something wrong with the place to make it so different from anything they had seen.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
