How to Use footstep in a Sentence

footstep

noun

• It's five footsteps from the bedroom to the bathroom.
• She slowly took one footstep toward the frightened animal.
• And the guys around him seem to raise their level of play and follow in his footsteps.
  — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 27 Jan. 2020
• Once the sensors have picked up a footstep, the software takes over.
  — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2020
• A few of the teenagers in the city’s youth academy want to follow in their footsteps.
  — Gal Tziperman Lotan, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• These mines, which are around the size of a fist, can be triggered by a footstep on or near them.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• Joker: Folie à Deux is poised to follow in the footsteps of the first film's success.
  — EW.com, 2 Apr. 2024
• At his lab there was a split-belt treadmill that could measure the force of each footstep.
  — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2021
• This moves follows in the footsteps of Netflix, which set the same timeline.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
• In the five years since Ethereum’s launch, others have followed in its footsteps.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 17 July 2019
• And why did the nuns treat me like that, if they are supposed to following in God’s footstep?
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Or will following in the footsteps of his traitor father come back to bite him?
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
• The main goal is to not follow exactly in my peers' footsteps.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2019
• And for us, the ultimate sign of respect is that all three of us followed in his footsteps.
  — Fox News, 1 May 2020
• Live your truth, and others can follow in your footsteps.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2023
• Has walking in Christie’s footsteps re-awakened an urge to play Poirot once more?
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
• They can be triggered by pressure, such as a footstep on or nearby the unit.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2023
• The sound of snapping branches and its heavy footsteps can be heard over the nighttime insects.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
• Each footstep was recorded in a track of mud, to be analyzed.
  — Christina Larson, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2021
• And the same for younger brother Javon, a sophomore who is following in the footsteps of his brothers.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2020
• Brooks, who is one-and-a-half, is quickly following in his dad’s footsteps.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
• The French national team have had some fine full-backs over the years and Larouci could be the next youngster in years to come, to follow in their footsteps.
  — SI.com, 22 July 2019
• Take a walk in Capote’s footsteps here, and then abscond to a plush guest room to watch the Black and White Ball episode in the very hotel it was created for.
  — Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
• The major averages spent the day following in the footsteps of Nvidia.
  — Michele Luhn, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2025
• But this was not an attempt to follow in his father’s footsteps.
  — Wesley Lowery, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
• That’s a lot of footsteps pounding the dirt and rocks, eroding the trail and leaving it slippery and treacherous in places.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2019
• Travelers can now follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest wartime leaders.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
• As an adult, Eva has followed in her mother's footsteps and is now an actress.
  — Jacklyn Krol, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
• Advocate Children’s new program follows in the footsteps of the heart transplant program that’s been in place at Lurie Children’s since 1988.
  — Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
• Still, Democrats seek to follow in Sanders’s footsteps and are contemplating town halls of their own in a bid to put Republicans on defense.
  — Lauren Green, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025