Use "afoot" in a sentence

1. something troublesome was afoot she had waited for the inevitable

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2. Many recognized the temper of that voice and knew something was afoot

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3. strange things afoot of late,’ he whispered

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4. “Hmm, my sense of Justice suggests that evil is afoot!” Justice said, raising an eyebrow

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5. The game was afoot

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6. Whatever brought him down is still afoot out here

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7. “As I was saying before we were interrupted, Bosco,” said Longleaf, looking sternly at Porge and Dumpus, but with a glint of humor in his eyes, “there are strange things afoot in the harbor of Water-Down

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8. If the banners and flags are shifted about, sedition is afoot

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9. There was something afoot in the woods, she could feel it

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10. twelve thousand horsemen, beside the baggage, and other men that were afoot among them, a very great multitude

11. Sensing that a race was afoot, their horses looked up and

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12. And knowing that it quite likely may have been a wasted effort, our unknown enemy no doubt has other schemes afoot to accomplish the same ends

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13. 2 Then their strong men removed their camps in that day and the army of the men of war was an hundred and seventy thousand footmen and twelve thousand horsemen beside the baggage and other men that were afoot among them a very great multitude

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14. Safe zone? In the Truth Seekers’ game, this meant that danger was afoot either from incoming fire or WMDs (weapons of mass destruction)

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15. there was a plot afoot, one that was now being developed

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16. ” He went on to say “There is more afoot than we know about, apparently the Homicide and special squads who are investigating Richard Barratt’s murder are also involved in an investigation that seems to involve the same people as we are interested in

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17. Rumors have spread of strange predators afoot

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18. Abu Bakr, now the high caliph, had commanded the city guards to keep a close watch on the other end of town, saying that he suspected something was afoot, but he couldn’t say what, when, or where exactly

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19. Evil was definitely afoot

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20. Although it lies some hundreds of years ahead, which after all is but a brief time in the life of a man, as all of us will realize when we look back upon it, preparations are already afoot for that also, and The

21. Stranger things were afoot for Matthew at this time also, as he learned that the Company he worked for was closing down shortly and the entire workforce would be made redundant

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22. Job changes are also afoot

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23. Job changes are afoot – but don’t be in a rush about this

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24. Thus there could be job changes afoot

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25. December will be basically a happy month, but big changes are afoot under the surface

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26. Through the shadowy gorges and defiles that night there rang the hoofs of galloping horses, and the starlight glimmered on helmets and curved blades, until the ghoulish shapes that haunt the crags stared into the darkness from ravine and boulder and wondered what things were afoot

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27. 'Oh, let us be wary! Strange things are afoot in the palace tonight

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28. negative it will alert the emotional brain that trouble is potentially afoot and

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29. There was a storm afoot like no other, and the mist came in mountainous waves that ran churning over the gunwales, filling the deck with a thick, turbulent fog that reduced visibility to a matter of inches

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30. The game is afoot, and I don’t intend to play

31. One last point: should he be canonized? I have learnt that moves are afoot at the United Nations to confer on him the title ‘World hero of Social justice

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32. The same old question reared its head: - did she fall or was she pushed? If the sweet little major had to die, why was that? Could it be there was skulduggery afoot upon which he, Rudolph, had been too slow to act? Was she the victim of too much knowledge, or was this ghastly incident merely an accident? Merely!

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33. If I scan the other dimensions to which I have access, it would appear that something is afoot

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34. There is, after all, a revolution afoot, and maybe they've known about this complex all along

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35. There are greater things afoot and

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36. grand things were afoot when the sixth sense was pouring over everything, but it

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37. The city sirens, like the prey in the jaws of a Borskian lion, started to wail their long, blood-curdling tones, signaling to the city that trouble was afoot

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38. A luxury car means gangsters are afoot

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39. I needed to find the stillness in my soul in order to do the best I could to be able to focus on the new energy afoot in the world

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40. I worried there was still too much fear afoot in the world and that too many would fall back into the old habits of looking for answers from outside themselves, rather than seeking solutions from within their own souls

41. That’s when Alvin knew something great was afoot!

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42. A relieved Monty guessed she had understood enough to reassure her father that no revolt was afoot

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43. Except that you have indicated to Miles Bragan that something is afoot and let him hear our taped conversation, and I haven’t yet told the Foreign Secretary

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44. There are interesting changes afoot in the relationship between France and the USA now that President Sarkozy – more of a Bush man than an Obama fan – has been replaced by President Hollande

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45. How could you be? Even if the article in which you’re quoted implies that there is a conspiracy afoot

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46. Henry VIII plotted to murder two of his wives and when foul deeds are afoot I am summoned,” Herne paused and drank from the goblet, Ceri had the impression that he wished it was something stronger than water, “This is difficult to explain, in order to fulfill what mankind expects from the Hunter, I have to commit murder, thus continuing the circle

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47. they entered the Abbey Cerian felt the air - taut with expectancy, Ceri was about to turn off into the corridor when she heard Herne behind her, “Princess! I have been searching for you! There is much afoot - the greatest knight of Camelot has deigned to be presented to you

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48. Something was clearly afoot, for things were in a state of disorder

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49. Something was afoot out there

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50. Teachers were aware something was afoot but they did not know what it was

51. Shaking her head, not wanting to deal with the implication that soon there will be even greater danger afoot, Mary straightens her posture as much as she is able to with her aching feet and back plaguing her and continues forward, hands flourishing amongst the poppies and her eyes trailing over the somewhat-small but still-vast section of the hills

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52. The spectators began calling for the firing of the gun, wondering what kind of underhandedness was afoot

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53. ere seems to be something afoot out there,” he added,

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54. Edinburgh regarding what is afoot, but very soon I believe the

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55. “We have learned something today,” Manfred said “There are schemes afoot that I had hardly dared contemplate

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56. and events, whose connection with the movement afoot

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57. There was a move afoot to create a separate Security position for computer software - with which he was sure they all agreed

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58. Fire from the Riaz ships was increasing as they realised what was afoot, but some ships weren’t firing at all

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59. All matter of dishonest practices were afoot on this holy mission it would seem

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60. When he awoke and was afoot again, he lingered there yet a little longer, watching an eddy that turned and turned purposeless, until the stream absorbed it, and carried it on to the sea

61. I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,

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62. "There's something serious afoot," Conseil said, "and it bodes

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63. Pass into the other cave, you that need it, and seek for sleep; we must be afoot long before the sun, and make the most of our time to get to Edward, while the Mingoes are taking their morning nap

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64. The sounds of the alarm were, therefore, hardly uttered before two hundred men were afoot, and ready for the battle or the chase, as either might be required

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65. I had always proposed to myself to get him well down the river in the boat; certainly well beyond Gravesend, which was a critical place for search or inquiry if suspicion were afoot

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66. There's some nasty business afoot, and he found out too much and lost his life over it

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67. "The game is afoot

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68. neglected to soop her flags, and old Miss Peggy Dainty being early afoot, in passing her door committed a false step, by treading on a bit of a lemon’s skin, and her heels flying up, down she fell on her back, at full length, with a great cloyt

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69. "Is it not extraordinary that a burglary—and a burglar who had had some previous experience—should deliberately break into a house at a time when he could see from the lights that two of the family were still afoot?"

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70. Early next morning we were again afoot, and found that the character of the country had changed once again

71. Planters the crippled, the wounded, the women far gone in pregnancy, crowded the road to Atlanta on trains, afoot, on horseback, in carriages and wagons piled high with trunks and household goods

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72. The railroad had carried the remains of Johnston’s army from North Carolina to Atlanta and dumped them there, and from Atlanta they began their pilgrimages afoot

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73. Most of Pitty’s friends, like herself, were afoot these days

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74. It was only dimly and at rare moments that I suspected what was afoot

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75. Something was afoot and pout, told her that the old lady was as ignorant as she

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76. The indoor milkmaids, Marian and the rest, seemed to guess that something definite was afoot, for they did not force any remarks upon her in the bedchamber

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77. But having once decided to try the higher and drier levels, she pressed back eastward, marching afoot towards the village of Chalk-Newton, where she meant to pass the night

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78. So much they told him when he forced them, but he guessed there was more wickedness than this afoot, and that a great raid of the whole goblin army with their wolf-allies into the lands shadowed by the mountains might soon be made to find the dwarves, or to take vengeance on the men and creatures that lived there, and who they thought must be sheltering them

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79. "The time has gone for the autumn wanderings; and these are birds that dwell always in the land; there are starlings and flocks of finches; and far off there are many carrion birds as if a battle were afoot!"

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80. 'There is evil afoot in Isengard, and the West is no longer safe

81. 'Ah well, whatever evil was afoot is over now, I hope; or else it is beyond our reach at present,' said Aragorn

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82. The least you can do in amends is to tell me what is afoot

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83. He heard nothing, saw nothing, yet knew that the land was somehow different; that through it strange things were afoot and ranging; and he resolved to investigate after he had finished the business in hand

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