How to Use foot in a Sentence

foot

1 of 2 noun
  • They camped at the foot of the mountain.
  • The people in the crowd began to stamp their feet.
  • He was wearing boots on his feet.
  • Reid knows that the gain of six feet isn’t worth risking the loss of God’s arm.
    Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
  • There was a dance with a lot of feet movement and a lot of praise to God.
    Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The house is about 1,200 square feet and has one floor with an attic.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Or, choose a pair of sneakers to slide on your feet, like these $30 Levi’s.
    Ariel Scotti, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2023
  • Up to two feet of snow lined the roadway, deeper in some places.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
  • But the largest, Quetzalcoatlus, had a bus-sized wingspan of 37 to 40 feet.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023
  • The fish measured over 112 inches, or just over 9 feet long.
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • Each dimmable light strip stretches 5 feet and can be set to a timer to give them more or less time to move around the room.
    Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The modern home spans 4,000 square feet and has four en-suite bedrooms.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 6 Feb. 2024
  • However, the athlete missed the net with her right foot shot sending the ball over the crossbar.
    Jill Lupupa, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The stone Tudor mansion has six bedrooms, four baths and close to 5,000 square feet.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Snow gestured to the bird keeping watch a few feet away, even as the parking lot emptied.
    Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Heated floors to ensure your feet are warm all year round!
    Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The conserved water is enough to raise the reservoir’s level 1.5 feet.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Just pop them on when your flight takes off, and feel lighter on your feet upon arrival.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • On one of O’Connell’s first days in a shelter, a nurse told him to put his stethoscope away and start soaking feet.
    Stat Staff, STAT, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The woman was carried 1,500 feet — the entire length of the Empire State Building.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Speaking of scenery, an even slower way to enjoy it is on foot.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • And on the dive thousands of feet towards the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean, life inside can go from hot to cold, too.
    Emma Tucker, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • In an intriguing twist on the title, the cover art features the singer in the water, just feet away from a shark.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Surrounded by debris, the ship’s two main pieces are around 2,000 feet apart.
    Henry Austin, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • The one-acre lot includes 80 feet of waterfront, a boathouse and a private pier with boat lifts.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2023
  • As the lawyer spoke, Dunn found her gaze drawn to Smokes, who sat a few feet away, celebrating with loved ones.
    Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Prepare to be emotionally gut-punched and swept off your feet at the same time.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 26 May 2023
  • Thwaites—aka the Doomsday Glacier—could alone add 2 feet of sea level rise.
    WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But the water is so murky that salvage divers can’t see more than one to two feet in front of them, Gov. Wes Moore said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
    Lea Skene, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The poles are anchored sixteen feet into the water bed and extend several feet above the surface; the floating concrete foundation is fastened to the poles with rings.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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foot

2 of 2 verb
  • I'll foot the bill for dinner.
  • Bring right hand and foot back down to the floor and repeat on the other side.
    Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
  • In the race to decarbonize the world by 2050, who’s going to foot the bill?
    Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Kyiv’s allies in the West want Russia to foot that bill.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The rich men were then left to foot the bill, as has always been the way in this model-mortal food chain.
    Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Gait, or the way a person walks, is paramount to foot health, which can have a ripple effect on the body.
    Fiorella Valdesolo, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • The federal government foots 90% of the bill for expansion, with the state left to pick up the rest.
    Allie Morris, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Keep the knees together and raise your right calf and foot a few inches off your left leg.
    Milo F. Bryant, Men's Health, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Stronach’s appetite to foot that kind of bill is largely unknown.
    Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Maezawa and Hirano are the second set, but first to foot their own bill since 2009.
    Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Oceanco, and not the city, will foot the cost of the bridge demolition, van Heijst said.
    Time, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The building may agree that an upgrade is necessary and foot the bill.
    Kalina Newman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
  • In the meantime, gas-guzzling SUVs and pickups foot the bill.
    Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The question of who will take care of older Americans, and who will foot the bill, keep many awake at night.
    Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • So loud that on a recent visit, the host can’t help but sway her hips and shuffle from foot to foot behind the host stand.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
  • Once this period lapses, buyers will foot part of the cost.
    Deirdre Mundorf, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2021
  • But the current bond level is not enough to cap and clean them, leaving taxpayers to foot the costs.
    New York Times, 26 Nov. 2021
  • There is also a recommendation that Drax foot some of the bill for these plans.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Just note that the 15-20mmHg rating may not be quite enough compression for anyone prone to foot swelling or very tired feet.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The fire department will foot most of the bill ― around $11 million ― while the health department's share is around $1 million.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Workers pay $5,969 of that amount, while employers foot the rest.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 21 Nov. 2021
  • The state covers the cost of the training course through a grant, but districts foot the bill for employees’ travel to sessions.
    Emily Donaldson, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2022
  • Guaranteed to strip your feet of their skin and return back to a baby foot soft state of being, pick up this pack now for a low price of $37.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 14 July 2022
  • The fire caused $47.5 million in damage, and royalists clashed with the public over who would foot the bill for repairs.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The cost of doing this on a broad scale would be enormous, and likely would require taxpayers footing part of the bill.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The Theranos scam co-conspirators have to foot a huge bill for their crimes.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 17 May 2023
  • Zachry would foot the bill for a parking garage the city was originally going to pay $59.5 million to build.
    Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Mar. 2022
  • And obviously Ukraine's success in here relies in large part on the United States footing a lot of the bill.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 9 July 2023
  • If a doctor orders the kind of coronavirus test that’s processed by a lab, Medicare will foot the bill.
    Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Even if parents are helping foot the college bill (or just applying pressure), the drive for a double major often comes from within.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024

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