She was afoot when I saw her this morning.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

There is mischief afoot.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

They went to the village afoot.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balloon Juice » 2009 » September] Reference

Bones got "afoot" — the great body did need rest at times — and waited tensely.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nitrogen Fix]

Hartmann's article did not change my mind, but it did force me to realize that the issue is really "afoot," as they say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitalism, Fascism, and Socialism] Reference

The team looked fractured from order up on high at the end of the prior season, but something else was afoot which is revealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buzzine » A Ton of TV on DVD and Blu-ray] Reference

There is a movement afoot which is asserting states sovereignty and states rights!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Consent Of The Governed] Reference

When a Westerner wants to tell you that he lacks a thing, he informs you he is "afoot" for it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mountains] Reference

But even here there's a sense of compromise afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Give The Pols A Gold Star] Reference

Now there is a move afoot to put a bronze dog there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Statue Sweepstakes] Reference

Others wonder if some sort of genuine détente is afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Dispatch: Brightcove to support iPad video; Mobile phone number may be at risk as you browse] Reference

I realize there is a battle afoot to legalize the stuff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meg F. Schneider, MA, LCSW: When It Comes to Our Kids, Is a Little Marijuana Okay?] Reference

There are various proposals afoot to reconstitute the INS.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Dog Won't Hunt] Reference

Indonesian police had an idea that something might be afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Illusion Of Security] Reference

  “He doesn't know whether he's afoot or on horseback.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Celebrity] Reference

There was defamation afoot, and it must be stopped at all costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Time, Sarah Palin’s Got a Point] Reference

Yet plainly, something bigger than three awkward cases is afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fight Between Friends] Reference

There seems to be an anti-Detroit sentiment afoot in Washington.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chrysler’s Road Ahead] Reference

Much research is afoot to attempt to define qi in Western terms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthur Rosenfeld: Should You Try Acupuncture?] Reference

Similar initiatives are afoot in Huddersfield, Bradford and Blackburn.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Pakistanis raise flood aid through grassroots activism] Reference

(RNS) There are moves afoot to unleash clergy as political commentators.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are Religious Groups Hiding Behind The Tax Code?] Reference

Sourpusses say there is already too much Lincoln worship afoot in the land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abe’s Day] Reference

France's banking business isn't quite so unbridled, but serious changes are afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commence Firing!] Reference

A shift is afoot in the People's Liberation Army's attitude toward the U.S. in Asia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chinese Military Challenge] Reference

For better or for worse, historic changes are afoot here, and will be for some time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dog Days of Summer] Reference

Part of the problem no doubt lies in the fast-paced changes afoot in Chinese society.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finding Peace Of Mind] Reference

Also in Britain, moves are afoot to test the country's perhaps too-liberal asylum laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tolerating The Intolerable] Reference

"A contraction of credit is afoot," says James Grant of Grant's Interest Rate Observer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nightmare Scenarios] Reference

Margulies: Here was the high stakes game that we realized was afoot a couple weeks ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&Amp;A: The Power Of Two] Reference

When one hears White males decrying Capitalism, you know that something is afoot in America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Anderson: Where Are the Winners Now?] Reference

Plans are afoot to change Calcutta's name to the Bengali Kolkata, and West Bengal to Bangla.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome To Kolkata] Reference

Where the computer chips will fall is anyone's guess, but there is definitely a movement afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Now At A Desktop Near You] Reference

Beijing may take a hard line toward Taiwan, but at the grass roots, a quiet revolution is afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Getting Hitched] Reference

Civil-rights groups like the NAACP and the National Organization for Women see a sinister plot afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sign Or Hit The Street] Reference

Because changes are afoot that are arguably as earth shattering as the first wireless transformation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Something in the Air] Reference

But if he had, he didn't bother to tell his own wife, who learned what was afoot only two weeks later.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dress-Down Dole] Reference

If that wasn't pressure enough, the world press soon learned a reunion was afoot and began calling for updates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Come Together] Reference

On Dec. 13 of last year, the World Wrestling Federation was broadcasting live from Tampa, Fla., and trouble, as they say, was afoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why America's Hooked On Wrestling] Reference