How to Use foothold in a Sentence

foothold

noun

• The army gained a foothold on the island.
• The company has secured a foothold in the market.
• There was no place that life could even get a tiny foothold.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2022
• And there’s still time to stop this outbreak and keep the virus from gaining a foothold in new places.
  — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 7 June 2022
• Each team is stuck in the worst stretch of their young seasons, with both clubs trying to regain a foothold.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
• His passion helped soccer gain a foothold in a place far from the sport’s more established hotspots.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2022
• Others may see positives a few days after symptoms start, as the virus briefly gains a foothold.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 June 2022
• The Joseph Project seeks to provide skills for those eager to gain a foothold in the workforce and then connects them with businesses.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2022
• Climate change has also helped mosquitoes gain a foothold in California.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• Despite their popularity in Europe and Asia, tiny cars have never been able to get a foothold stateside.
  — Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 4 Oct. 2024
• In her third year, she was cast in Industry, a show with an indulgently raw vision of the one percent and the young people scrabbling for a foothold within it.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
• In Europe, where the virus has gained a foothold, cases have been reported in Britain, Germany and Portugal.
  — Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2022
• But as young as the industry is, it’s already got a foothold in Washington, pouring millions of dollars into lobbying efforts in the past year.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 17 June 2022
• Ukrainian troops are still holding back Russian forces in Lysychansk, the last Ukrainian foothold in the eastern region of Luhansk.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• Many observers say Beijing may be a long way from a military foothold, but agree that expanding its presence overseas would be a logical next step for an ambitious power like China.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 6 June 2022
• But that could change if a union gains a House foothold.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• That silence allowed the virus to gain a foothold and spread around the world.
  — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• But in a match that came down to big serves and short points, that was enough of a foothold.
  — Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• The surfer knew that someone new to this cove wouldn’t know the spots to climb, the places where crevices make footholds.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The deal, then, is a poor way to deprive China of a foothold in the kingdom.
  — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
• Now, there are signs that trust is finding a new foothold.
  — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
• Google and Amazon have both struggled to gain a foothold in it.
  — Katharine Gemmell, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
• Then place a foothold trap somewhere at the entrance to that opening.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• How might a labor union somehow gain a foothold in that firm?
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• For now, the Denver office will serve as Foley Hoag’s foothold in the West.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Now the video game retailer is trying to gain a foothold.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
• The records in the case suggest that Israel’s far right is gaining a new foothold in the United States.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
• The private sector, too, is stepping up to gain a foothold.
  — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
• Founded in 1994 in Yukon, Oklahoma, the band gained a foothold playing the college bars in Stillwater.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
• The traffic freezes; so do the clouds drifting overhead; so, too, does Driver, keeping his foothold and tilting backward.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024