He was as wise as an owl and as sure-footed as a cat.    From Wordnik.com.  ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference

"" Bulworth '' gets off to a fast, funny, sure-footed start.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shock To The System] Reference

I think of those sure-footed horses even now with gratitude.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference

Some were on horseback and some on the more sure-footed mules.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hippodrome] Reference

Iceland ponies are famous for their hardiness and are sure-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

It is very sure-footed, and strong, and able to carry heavy burdens.    From Wordnik.com.  [The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations] Reference

They were the boys that could skate the best -- the most sure-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause] Reference

Granta's anthology is a sure-footed portrait of this internal implosion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of Love and Gore] Reference

This sure-footed animal can travel with its load about fourteen miles a day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference

It can also carry heavy loads up hill, because it is strong and sure-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I] Reference

The big ocelot, more sure-footed than himself, was following him up resolutely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America] Reference

Siccatee, like all squirrels, was very sure-footed, and rarely made a false step.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories] Reference

But Nagger was powerful, sure-footed, and he would go anywhere that Slone led him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference

It turned out, however, that the Kentucky lad was as sure-footed as a mountain goat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave] Reference

"I supposed they were so sure-footed that accidents like that never happened to them.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real] Reference

Rafe, reckless and harebrained as he was, flew over the logs as sure-footed as a goat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

And Cadillac's road-sensing suspension and all-wheel drive make the EXT feel sure-footed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Road Test | Escalade Ext] Reference

Up went the sure-footed athlete until he had almost reached the topmost peak of the barn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten American Girls From History] Reference

But when the subject turned to values, it was Edwards who was more sure-footed and upbeat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Warming Up Kerry] Reference

Everything needed for the mine is carried down packed upon the backs of sure-footed burros.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference

Even over mud and swamp, a native is almost as sure-footed as a goat on the brink of a quarry.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Just the consciousness of responsibility was apt to make Seth much more sure-footed than before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps] Reference

NOBODY MAPS FEMALE PSYCHIC territory the way Margaret Atwood does, sure-footed even in the wilds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mirror, Mirror, Who's The Evilest?] Reference

I rode a faithful, sure-footed little mare, and chose a short cut over a dangerous mountain trail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference

The horses selected for the messengers to ride were the small, sure-footed ponies called mustangs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference

What's startling about this irreverent fairy tale is how sure-footed and well-shaped every scene is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arts Extra: The Lessons Of Hollywood's Creative Crisis] Reference

As with many economists, Hama is excellent on the diagnosis but not as sure-footed when it comes to a cure.    From Wordnik.com.  [If Paul Krugman Were Japanese] Reference

Pro-war viewers can see a portrait of a sure-footed soldier saving the day over and over again, if they like.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Pain, No Gain] Reference

But policy is one thing and pandering is another, especially when your opponent has been sure-footed on the high road.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Highest Road] Reference

He noted that Sssuri had stepped up the pace, passing into his sure-footed glide which made Dalgard exert himself to keep up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Star Born] Reference

But Zabor, equipped with staggering gifts for language and characterization, is a sure-footed guide over this ever-shifting landscape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Snap Judgment: Books] Reference

The actuary in me points out that I could eliminate a great deal of risk by compelling Koloman to walk in a sensible, sure-footed manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Koloman, Running] Reference