Example Sentences

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Young men cling for their lives on the footboards, while the mashed throng inside gasps for air.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2022

Get rid of footboards or anything that sticks up that you can bump into.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

Are there angry AIs that only understand mathematical patterns keyed into footboards at a frantic rate?

From The Verge • Oct. 5, 2018

There’s a wheelchair mount on the back of the sidecar, and special footboards that keep my feet in place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 31, 2018

He pulled me up, took pity on me, placed me on the footboards, and drove home with me crouching there in tears.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer