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footfall

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foot·fall  (ftfôl)
n.
See footstep.
footfall
Noun
the sound of a footstep
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Noun1.footfallfootfall - the sound of a step of someone walking; "he heard footsteps on the porch"
footstep, step
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
tramp - a heavy footfall; "the tramp of military boots"
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Always of a sedate, taciturn disposition, he now fell into so deep a dejection that nothing could hold his attention, yet anything--a footfall, the sudden closing of a door--aroused in him a fitful interest; one might have called it an apprehension.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
A waste of unused passages and staircases in which to drop a comb upon a bedroom floor at night is to send a stealthy footfall on an errand through the house.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
I found the hot stream broadened out to a shallow, weedy sand, in which an abundance of crabs and long-bodied, many-legged creatures started from my footfall.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
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