Foote

[ foot ]

noun

1. Andrew Hull, 1806–63, U.S. naval officer.
2. Arthur William, 1853–1937, U.S. organist.
3. Shelby, 1916–2005, U.S. novelist and historian.

Example Sentences

It was here, he says, that Foote learned lab technique and how to frame and carry out a research project.

From Nautilus

Foote attended, and signed the convention’s “Declaration of Sentiments” that stated the societal changes necessary to fully include women.

From Nautilus

“Foote went from a farmer’s daughter to one of the greats in the science of climate change,” says John Perlin, a visiting scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of books on solar power and other topics.

From Nautilus

Tyndall, however, established a critical feature that Foote had not.

From Nautilus

Nevertheless, Foote predicted that changing CO2 levels could change global temperatures, as we see today with CO2 at over 400 ppm.

From Nautilus

Gregory Peck was a gentleman and Horton Foote, the great Texas playwright, was always on the set.

From The Daily Beast

“Somary came into my office with the mother and strenuously denied everything,” Foote said.

From The Daily Beast

Foote lasted for three years as headmaster and has since suffered a stroke, but told Kamil that he could remember the incident.

From The Daily Beast

The author quotes Shelby Foote for the epigraph: “Southerners are very strange about that war.”

From The Daily Beast

A few more gripes: Must every name in a southern novel (Miss Hilly, Celia Foote) edge so close to parody?

From The Daily Beast

On this outrage he took the advice of Foote, who told him never to play so high again.

From Project Gutenberg

It groweth two foote and a halfe high or better: the blades are about two foot in length, and half inch broad.

From Project Gutenberg

Senator Foote is actively engaged in canvassing the state, urging the same views.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus defeated in point of fact, Foote found himself baffled also in point of design.

From Project Gutenberg

Foote had fourteen of these monsters pounding away at the Confederates, and the roar was deafening.

From Project Gutenberg