footsteps
plural of “footstep” — the sound of a step of someone walking
An inflected form of footstep · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,941 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,576 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the sound of a step of someone walking also: footfall, step he heard footsteps on the porch
- the act of taking a step in walking
- the distance covered by a step also: pace, step, stride he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
footsteps in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hush! here is Augustus; I hear his clumsy footsteps.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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My footsteps and the corporal’s will be easily distinguished.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He was content to follow in the footsteps of the masters.
The Intrusion of Jimmy · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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He was awakened half an hour later by the sound of footsteps.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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And as Richardson's footsteps died into silence, Eldred Lenox went slowly back to the writing-table.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1