footmark
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of footmark
Example Sentences
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They suspect that a footmark where Jonathan said his father fell did not match up with someone slipping and falling.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Dar's late intervention on Prior's behalf also cost them heavily, the umpire having made his decision in the affirmative then noting Johnson's footmark on the crease and asking for a check.
From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2010
These prints, together with another footmark found on the same cardboard cover—the bold and bloody impression of a Cat’s Paw half sole— were the only “serious clues” the investigators could claim.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
All the mysterious people who used the island as a resting-place seemed purposely to avoid the neighborhood of the hut; they went and came without leaving a footmark on the turf.
From Timar's Two Worlds by Jókai, Mór
An elephant couldn’t make a footmark upon it, much less a horse.
From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.
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