footed
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How to use footed in a sentence
The Audi e-Tron felt much more sure-footed while making the same drive.
Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is an important leap into the future | Dan Carney | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe Capitals, in the first of eight matchups against their division rivals, came out sluggish, and their defense was caught flat-footed on multiple occasions.
In the home of ‘The King,’ the Capitals get served with a second straight loss | Samantha Pell | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIf the flat-footed regulators at the SEC and CFTC want to “identify” those responsible for this week’s market failures, all they have to do is look in the mirror.
GameStop mania exposes SEC’s failure as regulator | Steven Pearlstein | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostHe was surrounded by slower-footed defenders — Soto in left, Adam Eaton in right — yet the Nationals’ outfield ranked in the top half in most advanced fielding stats.
Signing Kyle Schwarber puts a spotlight on Victor Robles’s defense | Jesse Dougherty | January 11, 2021 | Washington PostFenyx, whose gender can be swapped at any moment, is a fleet-footed character-action hero, complete with launcher combos ala Dante from “Devil May Cry.”
‘Immortals: Fenyx Rising’ is a worthy adventure wavering between cringe and charm | Gene Park | November 30, 2020 | Washington Post
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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