Usa "footfall" in una frase
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footfall
1. the footfall vote, and the counting of hands in a great
2. Her footfall on the hard floor grew slower, though, until it stopped
3. He heard a soft scrabbling noise from across the room, then silence, disturbed a few moments later by the sound of a soft footfall
4. Every footfall was a risky proposition
5. Somewhere back among the chambers they had traversed, he heard the sound of a footfall
6. A stealthy footfall outside the door brought him round like a great cat
7. Dark things were happening with each person's metabolism; cannibalistic biochemical pathways were beginning to be trodden, first lightly, then with ever heavier a footfall
8. What was this? Was it the poor quarter of London? The Kaloleni of London? It was grim and grimy, especially during that winter when pavements sang out a frozen tune to his footfall and all was covered in icy filth
9. footfall from half a mile away, smelt leopard
10. Our officer readied his rifle to fire again, and as he was doing so he heard a footfall and the sound of men approaching
11. Her head thudded with every footfall, but she held it high, careful not to demonstrate weakness or fear
12. Suddenly he heard the sound of the door opening and a footfall just outside the door of his kitchen
13. Then he heard it – the soft, measured sound of a footfall
14. Trees rushed with wind and I heard a footfall behind me
15. The Rat's light footfall was presently heard approaching over the parched grass
16. Following the old woman up the winding stair, his firm footfall echoed harshly through the silent house
17. My skin grew cold, and my hair stood on end as I listened to that steady and ponderous footfall
18. His heavy footfall was beside me
19. It was a fear better sung out than held inside, but it became so vivid to me that I wrote a verse in which I imagined myself as the deceased, unable to raise a voice above the mourner’s footfall
20. without sound or footfall
21. hours; but he heard no sound, not even the imagined echo of a footfall
22. Was it really the steady, relentless footfall of hundreds of soldiers? Marching on my street in perfect unison?
23. For even the thundering rocket, which rips the soul on Earth, walks silently some few miles high, treads the stars without footfall, as if in awe of the great cathedral of space
24. Whirling wheel, then soft footfall of thought
25. The question was hardly out of my mouth, and Holmes had not yet opened his lips to reply, when we heard a heavy footfall in the passage and a tap at the door
26. Beyond lay another dull wilderness of bricks and mortar, its silence broken only by the heavy, regular footfall of the policeman, or the songs and shouts of some belated party of revellers
27. “He's coming to me,” muttered Velchaninoff, and with equal caution he left the window, and ran to the front door; arrived in the hall, he stood in breathless expectation before the door, and placed his trembling hand carefully upon the hook which he had fastened a few minutes since, and stood listening for the tread of the expected footfall on the stairs
28. They rode in silence, only the footfall of their horses was heard
29. He was still blaming the river, the ferryman, and anything else he could think of, when he became conscious of a light footfall, and, turning, saw a young man standing by his side
30. Nervously anxious, he listened for any sound of footfall or voice
31. It was a girl who entered; a girl with a woman’s buoyant movement and pose; a woman with a girl’s footfall
