footsore
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of footsore
Example Sentences
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They were exhausted, covered in sweat and footsore after walking between dozens of congressional offices.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2021
The effect is less Paul Theroux and more cranky grandpa, a footsore cruise-shipper’s point of view.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2017
Exhausted and footsore, we made our painstaking way back across the lava plain and up the cliff to watch the light show.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2017
David L. Thompson and other footsore soldiers from the 9 New York Infantry took their places on the Union line and unrolled their blankets.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2012
“They’re not going to walk. No, sir, not if I can help it. You want them to be footsore when we get there?”
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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