footfall

noun

foot·fall ˈfu̇t-ˌfȯl

: the sound of a footstep

Examples of footfall in a Sentence

She heard footfalls echoing in the hall.

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Retail: In China, robots are augmenting hotels and retail, disrupting customer and in-store digital experiences and enabling shopping on the go, increasing footfall and customer satisfaction. —

Sudhanshu Duggal, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 The intersection of Seventh Avenue and 34th Street has the highest pedestrian footfall in the country, with an average of 650,000 people passing through Penn Station daily. —

David Moin, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025 Greggs also reported a 2.5% rise in like-for-like sales in the fourth quarter of 2024, citing more muted high street footfall. —

Karen Gilchrist,sophie Kiderlin,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025 Four of them came from the footfalls of some herbivorous sauropod, likely a Cetiosaurus. —

Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for footfall