A house with children and pets and toys always underfoot. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Trampled the beans underfoot. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And when earthquakes hit mining regions, remember that the ground underfoot is mostly hollow. From Wordnik.com. [2009 February « Pennamite] Reference
For example, for Thanksgiving dinner you can give them tasks, because they're kind of underfoot in the kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2005] Reference
I think there were some articles at LAF about keeping house with children "underfoot" but i haven't had time to locate them. From Wordnik.com. [Get in on Life...] Reference
But 'twill take root and flourish still, tho 'underfoot 'tis trod. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Book of Favorite Songs] Reference
It is not a large apartment, and we are underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Moratorium] Reference
All skis are wider at the tips and tails than underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Turn, Turn, Turn] Reference
You can feel the grass underfoot, the humidity in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Two Cultures Clash, And Two Lovers Leap] Reference
You will trample the young lion and the serpent underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Thatwas a sound — a creak, like floorboards underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
So I stomped the cronies underfoot, and screamed with …. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Division by Zero] Reference
Then he suddenly asked me to crush the wine glass underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 10] Reference
Haystacks crowd the backyards and chickens scamper underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [A War's Hidden Tragedy] Reference
Haystacks crowd the backyards, and chickens scamper underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [A War's Hidden Tragedy] Reference
In a moment he had trampled them underfoot and the danger was over. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
The road underfoot seemed to rise and fall in wavelike undulations. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
He hurried, stumbling over bone heaps, crunching eyeglasses underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
"But we are at war, and we must do as we do, or be trampled underfoot.". From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutions of Time] Reference
It curled up out of the bramble that laid underfoot, tickling my nostrils. From Wordnik.com. [Neophyte and Paradox] Reference
Marjoram, releasing its aroma from underfoot, was already running to seed. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Durham coast] Reference
"If I don't get him out of the house in the morning he's underfoot all day!". From Wordnik.com. [Your Guide to a WASP Bar Mitzvah] Reference
No more, it seemed, would winter be punctuated by the crunch of snow underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [A House Of Cards] Reference
My mother couldn't stand having me underfoot, sitting around all day, watching TV. From Wordnik.com. [Office Politics] Reference
The spicy odour of pennyroyal bruised underfoot, came to her nostrils like incense. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Children, their mouths smeared with the remnants of manipulated victuals, ran underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Jim O'Grady: Art You Can Eat -- An Edible Sculpture Contest] Reference
"If the Giant comes," said he, "I will gore him with my tusks, and trample him underfoot.". From Wordnik.com. [Children of Borneo] Reference
A cameraman on the perimeter of the set has had it with all the errant chickens underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Worlds Away] Reference
IT'S A ROUGH TIME FOR small movies, trampled underfoot by a stampede of Hollywood monsters. From Wordnik.com. [The Wealth Of The Indies] Reference
The day was cold and frosty, with a blue sky overhead, and the ground hard as iron underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Several attempts to tackle this elusive runner were thwarted by the slippery condition underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
The impression is of an expansive loft-like space, with Brazilian cherry floors glowing underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Owner delights in modern home's looks and utility] Reference
Sure: the fact that they seem to work, with sales jumping as much as 30 percent on items underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Step On It] Reference
He was still trapped, not daring to reach even a hand beyond the protection of the cloth underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
"It is horrible thus to see our old routine trampled underfoot, our ancestors 'customs sneered at.". From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
“Do you want another child screaming around underfoot?” she asked matter-of-factly. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 9] Reference
None of us knows what Helga thinks — she won't talk about it, especially now that me and my sisters are underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Bootstraps] Reference
And so Fairlie goes on, like an unjolly green giant, trampling much-cherished eco-veggie facts and figures underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Veggies have a duty to say meat is still murder] Reference
Ricky Branch says it's a surreal experience, with danger lurking underfoot and above their heads - sights that are hard to believe. From Wordnik.com. [Crews Search For Girl Missing In Arkansas Flood] Reference
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