à pied
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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Once à pied he would be at their mercy, since he was now altogether unarmed.
From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne
The chasseurs à pied go forward in spite of the machine-guns and of the bombardment, French and German.
From Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 by Chevrillon, André
A gendarme à pied was the only person near me, and I asked him, if he could explain the reason of the movement.
From A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by Cooper, James Fenimore
"Bazin, aubergiste, loge à pied," was the sign.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
On the hither side was a row of lumières à pied which seemed afloat on the darkness, and in their centre a sudden chasm which looked as if it had been made by human agency.
From He by Pollock, Walter Herries
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