How to Use footfall in a Sentence

footfall

noun
  • She heard footfalls echoing in the hall.
  • There are footfalls on the front stoep.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The rhythmic sound of a runner’s footfall on an open dirt road.
    — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 23 May 2025
  • But workers will need new skills as stores try to create more footfall.
    — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The book’s many digressions are keyed to the rhythm of footfall.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Then there are the local pubs and cafes that thrive on matchday footfall.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Grasshoppers in greens and browns leap away with every footfall.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The sound of deer footfalls in crunchy leaf litter is no different.
    — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The footfalls were about 200 yards off, and the deer was headed straight for me.
    — Bill Thomas, Outdoor Life, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Unsheathed chestnuts and crinkly oak leaves crumble with each footfall.
    — Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
  • The audience is treated as guests rather than footfall.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
  • What was happening wasn’t the result of footfalls from a deer or pranks of some kids on the goofy guy with the long pole.
    — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2017
  • Every house seems plucked out of a storybook; every footfall’s crunch brings us joy.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2025
  • On uneven surfaces where footfalls vary, however, that might not be the case.
    — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Altra’s brand-new foam midsole means each footfall feels like hitting a pillow.
    — Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2021
  • But it’s not guaranteed that such a rise in footfall will equate to growth in travel-retail spend.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • However, the footfall in movie halls is yet to reach a pre-pandemic figure.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Tourist footfall is also slow; the castle is closed to the public on Tuesdays.
    — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But what might happen to the smaller stores in those malls that depend on spillover footfall from anchor tenants?
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Not only with a 40% boost on the way up but with support for your knees on the way down, damping the footfalls.
    — New Atlas, 28 July 2024
  • With each footfall along the rocky trail, ice became more prevalent and magnificent.
    — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2022
  • To watch them was to watch some invisible piano player timing their notes off of the rhythm of their footfall.
    — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Every footfall felt like a decision.
    — Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Then the vice president enters amid a rain-like patter of footfalls, and the energy in the room changes.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The area is seeing footfall seven days a week, while tenants are back to paying full rents, Bickell says.
    — Evelyn Yu, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Shopkeepers like the new mix, as the residents provide footfall.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • In Europe, where lockdowns and the lack of tourist footfall continue, sales were down 9% year-on-year.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The influx of major supermarket chains in the country has seen footfall in smaller shops fall over the past decade.
    — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Inevitably, though, this means footfall – or should that be carfall – to the island is at its highest during the summer months.
    — Jamie Timson, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Hayek says that since the arrival of the MoonSwatch, Omega stores are seeing a spike in sales and footfall.
    — Tim Barber, Wired, 18 July 2022

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