(1) In the novel, Dr Watson talks of “a spectral hound which leaves material footmarks”, and Holmes suspects that Stapleton used phosphorous to give the hound its eerie glow.
(2) Only Swann kept him in any sort of order as he spun into the bowlers' footmarks outside the left-hander's off stump and found some turn.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The spectral hound left material footmarks according to Dr Watson In the pretty village of Ipplepen, Alex shows us Park Hill House, Robinson’s former home, and the much smaller 2 Wesley Terrace, home of Henry Baskerville, who was Conan Doyle’s chauffeur during his visits.
(4) My favourite Degas's of the dance are those paintings he made in these rehearsal rooms, with their high windows overlooking courtyards and distant views of the city, the pools of light and footmarks tracked over the sweeping, squeaking downbeat floors, the long, grubby walls with their patches of spalled plaster.
Footstep
Definition:
(n.) The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.
(n.) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
Example Sentences:
(1) 3.06pm: In the Daily Politics debate, Davey followed in the footsteps of Clegg in trying to put distance between himself and the Conservatives and Labour – the "old parties", as Davey described him.
(2) Tellingly, though, the women's daughters have shown no interest in following in their footsteps.
(3) Goldsmith, following in the footsteps of his father , who started the rabid anti-EU referendum campaign, is for a hard Brexit, wrenching us away as brutally and damagingly as possible.
(4) About 30 people took three weeks to walk from South Tyneside to London in the footsteps of the Jarrow Crusade of 1936 which highlighted unemployment and poverty during the Great Depression.
(5) Harold Tillman, owner of retailers Jaeger and Aquascutum (the name means "water shield") had ambitions to follow in the footsteps of Burberry, another classic but antiquated British label which had reinvented itself as a worldwide luxury brand.
(6) Will Spanish publishers follow in Germany’s footsteps and backtrack?
(7) It described the move by Robinson and Carroll as "a huge success for community relations in the United Kingdom" and urged others, both in the EDL and Islamist groups, to follow in the pair's footsteps and abandon extremist ideologies.
(8) He suggested that other European countries would follow in Britain’s footsteps and leave the EU.
(9) Perception of natural sounds of approaching and moving away footsteps was studied.
(10) With a computerized optical pedobarograph, three footsteps on each side were recorded under three conditions: 1) barefoot, 2) wearing the patients' own hosiery, and 3) wearing experimental patented padded hosiery.
(11) Bob Cant, editor of a 2008 book called Footsteps and Witnesses: Lesbian and Gay Lifestories from Scotland, says that when he was growing up in 1950s and 60s Scotland, the illegality of homosexual activity was “not a problem for me at all”.
(12) He said they wanted to go to Malaysia to find jobs, following in the footsteps of others from his village.
(13) The frontier of space is just a follow-on – we're following on in the footsteps of those who preceded us, and hopefully we'll give those that follow-on in our footsteps the same opportunity that we had.
(14) I feel at home, everything feels at home, for my family too, they’re set up very well here.” The Nigeria international Moses followed closely in Song’s footsteps and will now spend a third year in succession away from Stamford Bridge on loan.
(15) Alex Salmond could not be trusted as he had this hidden agenda – Sturgeon follows in his footsteps.
(16) The idea that never having seen each other, Amanda would go into space, follow in her mother's footsteps... it was very moving to me."
(17) When asked if he wanted to follow in his predecessor Danny Cohen's footsteps and become BBC1 controller, Bennett responded: "No."
(18) LG Winter Gardens, Morecambe ( liveatlica.org ), 23-27 September Speed-The-Plow Lindsay Lohan , making her West End debut, follows in the footsteps of Madonna in David Mamet’s caustic Hollywood satire.
(19) Determined not to follow in his father's footsteps, Schulberg began writing ironic short stories about Hollywood, and took part in the leftwing Western Writers' Congress in 1936.
(20) Get on with the program and follow our Venezuelan footsteps, because after all, we (almost) always win Miss Universe, thanks to the beauty standards established by our beloved Mr Sousa.