What is "footfalls"

Usage examples of "footfalls".

The servant shambles into the hall, its shuffling footfalls leaving behind whispering echoes in the all-but-empty palace.

The footfalls became more distinct and quickened into a rapid tick-tick of high heels.

She instinctively slowed down, keeping her footfalls soft on the cool tile.

The footfalls should have been silent, but Antonietta could hear the soft padding across the balcony, the nails scraping on her windowsill.

Ponter put all his strength into running, surging forward, the sound of his massive footfalls thundering in the glass-walled corridor.

From farther off he heard sentries pacing on their rounds, their footfalls light on packed earth.

When she could no longer hear his footfalls, she followed that same path past the great hall and through the monumental court where king and skopos might meet to survey their troops in times of trouble.

Her labored breathing made an erratic accompaniment to the other sounds in the cavern: whispering children, a light and steady snoring from off in the darkness, the insubstantial footfalls of unseen dancers and pipers caught forever in their ancient ceremony, painted upon the rock ceiling.

She scarcely heard the whispers and footfalls behind her as Hugh entered the church.

He was distracted by the sound of hurried footfalls, the slap of sandals.

Ahead she heard the faint voices and footfalls of the ones who had gone before her.

His legs hissed through the grass and his footfalls clipped along steadily, a man who did not lose his nerve even in the worst situations.

The whisper of footfalls was itself like a breeze, carried on the air.

The shush of falling ash was the only sound beyond his labored breathing and the footfalls of men creeping closer to listen, to see, to seek comfort within the orbit of their dying king.

He raced down the corridor, the drumming footfalls of Hughes, Miller and Lewis rebounding from the floors and wails ahead of him.