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

There is mischief afoot.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

She was afoot when I saw her this morning.    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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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