How to Use underfoot in a Sentence

underfoot

adverb

• The ground was slippery underfoot.
• We walked with dried leaves crunching underfoot.
• This time of year, heat blurred the prairies and made the tall grass creak underfoot.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2017
• In its place were vast salt flats that shone in the sun and crunched underfoot.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
• In some places, fall is signaled by a crisp breeze in the air or the crunch of leaves underfoot.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2024
• Keep in mind that this rug is quite thin though, and testers were able to feel rocks underfoot.
  — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
• Choose Suitable Footwear Step off the ship in the winter and you may be shocked at the amount of ice underfoot.
  — David Nikel, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• Something to do with the whooshing of the waves, the calm blueness of the water, the yielding of sand underfoot, even the smell of the ocean mist.
  — Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 28 June 2018
• On the banks of the Missisquoi, frozen marsh grasses crunch underfoot.
  — National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
• The teak flooring is smooth underfoot, and the flat floors make passing through each facet safe.
  — Stacey Wreathall, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2024
• Pine-y whiffs from Labrador tea crushed underfoot on the tundra.
  — Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News, 1 July 2017
• Bring in a plush rug to add padding and warmth underfoot and anchor your space.
  — Molly Miller, House Beautiful, 21 June 2023
• The sandals have a thick rubber sole that is strong and durable, topped by a bed of foam for a cushiony feel underfoot.
  — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
• Inside, the floor of the cave is lined with tiny chunks of pink Himalayan sea salt that crunches underfoot, while the walls are lined with large slabs of the same.
  — Sarah Watts, NBC News, 23 July 2019
• The letters of the alphabet march around the edges of the ceiling, and math facts are printed on the rubber mats underfoot.
  — Beth Thames | [e-mail], al, 21 Aug. 2019
• The ground soft and springy underfoot, and the sound softened to a gentle hush by the surrounding foliage, lush and green.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 24 Feb. 2023
• Yet the hand-tufted, looped pile makes for a soft, plush feeling underfoot.
  — Kim Cook, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2018
• The sock has a layer of cushion underfoot with extra padding at the ball and heel.
  — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2023
• The silvered shingles of the roofs were made from Brazilian wood, the terraces underfoot hewn from coral stone.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2018
• With dust in the air and dry mesquite beans crunching underfoot, the bawling cattle were penned and then run through a metal chute.
  — John MacCormack, ExpressNews.com, 2 Aug. 2019
• The breeze blowing off the water from a strong wind sent shivers through the curtains and up our spines, and the floorboards were pure ice underfoot.
  — Vogue, 21 June 2018
• The minute weight is put on it, the flat nylon slackline begins to move, bouncing underfoot and swinging back and forth at the same time.
  — Bronwen Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
• Having an app on your phone such as iSolunar will tell you when the moon is over-head, underfoot, etc.
  — Kristtine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 6 May 2020
• Their soldiers at the gate let us through; Jim and I walked down the long avenue, brass cartridges scattered underfoot.
  — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
• In addition to the striking design, this is a thick, plush rug that feels soft underfoot.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2024
• One of his favorite shots involved moving sand to reveal stars underfoot on the Walk of Fame.
  — Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
• Cat kibble crunched underfoot, and the oven was open, pushing blazing heat into the cramped space.
  — J. Robert Lennon, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019
• Out there, a rider can reduce the kite’s power to catch a swell and cruise in front of it, pushed mostly by the surging force of the water underfoot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• Humankind’s instruments have mapped the corners of the planet, poked at the gravel underfoot and sampled the air that wafts across the dusty plains.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
• There’s a literal red carpet underfoot and booths are upholstered with gold thread.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024