Jimmy's first emotion on hearing the footstep was the crude instinct of self-preservation. From Wordnik.com. [Piccadilly Jim] Reference
We are what you might call footstep followers. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
"I tell you, sir, I heard a footstep in that room.". From Wordnik.com. [Two Wonderful Detectives Jack and Gil's Marvelous Skill] Reference
Momentarily it brightened and again another footstep. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
The feast was at its height when a footstep was heard. From Wordnik.com. [The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean] Reference
Every sound, every footstep on the street startled him. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
Suddenly Rob thought he heard a footstep on the stairs. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
The noise of a footstep came to her, the door was opened. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I hear C-dog loud footstep and the lock click in the door. From Wordnik.com. [Gone] Reference
There she could hear the steady, ghostly footstep from below. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
Still that stealthy footstep till the approach of that unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
An approaching footstep was then heard, and a challenge, to which. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
About five minutes later he heard a quiet footstep in the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Scarcely had he reached it when he heard a footstep coming along it. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Her footstep was firm, like that of one who possesses a strong will. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
She heard a footstep, she turned -- "To-ke-ah," trembled on her lips. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
She listened until the sound of his footstep could be heard no longer. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Up the stairs she went with a fairy footstep, and glided into the wards. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Every footstep wears away a little more of its marble floors and stairways. From Wordnik.com. [Rebuilding The Colosseum] Reference
I heard another footstep, but thought to myself that that just couldn't be true. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrimage] Reference
The voices below were drowned by it, the footstep on the stair was as if it were not. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
For a moment or so he stood listening, almost expecting to hear a footstep among the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
They did not hear an upper door open, nor did they notice a light footstep in the hall above. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
An occasional motor passed, but she could detect no footstep save that of the man pursuing her. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
A slow dragging footstep came up the steep stairs, and presently a voice called softly, "Dooncan?". From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Then he heard a footstep on the ladder and knew that the man was coming down, grumbling as before. From Wordnik.com. [The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life] Reference
I pricked up my ears; the footstep came nearer, and a hand was upon the lock of the courtyard-gate. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference
Back and forth, back and forth somewhere near went a soft footstep, the swish and glide of a moccasin. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
A little later and there came the sound of a footstep outside and a gentle scratching on the door panel. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
She must, he therefore concluded, have recollected his footstep, and at once have fallen into her old ways. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
At last I thought I heard outside the wall a very cautious footstep, accompanied by an almost inaudible whisper. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference
I'd fall behind lepping on muddy ground from big footstep to big footstep. From Wordnik.com. [GRANDMA FLYNN] Reference
Hearing a footstep on the stairs, he assumed an attitude and expression of countenance indicative of drowsiness and stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
My footstep made no sound on the carpeted floor as I marched on, the demons in my heart drumming a new song of danger and death. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
The city's television stations followed his every footstep with pious commentary, leaving the O.J. Simpson verdict to the networks. From Wordnik.com. [Preaching In The Rain] Reference
At last from outside there came the very faint creak of a footstep, as though someone who had been standing still was now moving away. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
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