footed
Origin of footed
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How to use footed in a sentence
The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
There, so taken, caught in the act, flat-footed, we are obliged to make our stand.
Instead, it left the candidate scrambling and her campaign flat footed.
Koch Brothers Bail Out GOP Senate Hopeful in Oregon | Ben Jacobs | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe U.S. was wrong-footed diplomatically and militarily humbled.
On Sunday the publisher was caught flat-footed and scrambling to respond to the leak.
It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyOrellana was very warmly received by armed swift-footed females, which originated the fanciful name Amazonia.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAway ran the light-footed girl, ever ready to render a service to the old man, and to shield Gilbert from blame.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieBut almost at once a soft-footed servant appeared, saying that a man wanted to see Mr. Cordyce "about the dog."
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhen he is almost there the three happy children go down to the barn to watch their four-footed friends come home.
Seven O'Clock Stories | Robert Gordon Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for -footed
having a foot or feet as specified: four-footed
having a tread as specified: heavy-footed
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