How to Use footfall in a Sentence

footfall

noun

• She heard footfalls echoing in the hall.
• The book’s many digressions are keyed to the rhythm of footfall.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
• People who now lie still and silent amid the rapid footfalls and controlled chaos of the ICU.
  — Lindy Washburn, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2020
• Hayek says that since the arrival of the MoonSwatch, Omega stores are seeing a spike in sales and footfall.
  — Tim Barber, Wired, 18 July 2022
• Not only with a 40% boost on the way up but with support for your knees on the way down, damping the footfalls.
  — New Atlas, 28 July 2024
• What was happening wasn’t the result of footfalls from a deer or pranks of some kids on the goofy guy with the long pole.
  — Dave Orrick, Twin Cities, 1 Apr. 2017
• The sound of deer footfalls in crunchy leaf litter is no different.
  — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2020
• But workers will need new skills as stores try to create more footfall.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• Grasshoppers in greens and browns leap away with every footfall.
  — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Tourist footfall is also slow; the castle is closed to the public on Tuesdays.
  — Simon Usborne, Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
• In Europe, where lockdowns and the lack of tourist footfall continue, sales were down 9% year-on-year.
  — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2021
• Then the vice president enters amid a rain-like patter of footfalls, and the energy in the room changes.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
• Even the bass of footfall was dampened, as were the mid-range frequency sounds of the treadmill’s belt and a movie blaring loudly on a TV.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 21 Aug. 2020
• There’s a lot to be said for not tuning in to the past or future for stretches of time, for dwelling only in the flank, the windrow, or the footfall – whatever the moment presents.
  — Sue Wonder, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2021
• All regions of the UK suffered lower footfall except one, the East Midlands, which was up 4%.
  — Katie Linsell, Bloomberg.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• The only sound was the faint whoosh of traffic speeding along nearby U.S. Highway 80 and of footfalls on rocky pathways and crunchy brown grass.
  — Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2020
• But what might happen to the smaller stores in those malls that depend on spillover footfall from anchor tenants?
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
• On uneven surfaces where footfalls vary, however, that might not be the case.
  — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2018
• In the decades that followed, her staccato footfall was as integral to Arles as the sound of the mistral, the rattling Provençal wind.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• The area is seeing footfall seven days a week, while tenants are back to paying full rents, Bickell says.
  — Evelyn Yu, Bloomberg.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• However, the footfall in movie halls is yet to reach a pre-pandemic figure.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• To watch them was to watch some invisible piano player timing their notes off of the rhythm of their footfall.
  — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 19 Jan. 2022
• The influx of major supermarket chains in the country has seen footfall in smaller shops fall over the past decade.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
• Inevitably, though, this means footfall – or should that be carfall – to the island is at its highest during the summer months.
  — Jamie Timson, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 Mar. 2024
• The likely culprit turned out to be a carpet strip that had been added to reduce the noise of footfall from tourists visiting during Mass.
  — Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Unsheathed chestnuts and crinkly oak leaves crumble with each footfall.
  — Michael J. Bailey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
• Though each footfall looked normal, the Chula Vista resident said that keeping up the pace meant pushing through pain over and over again.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
• About 5,000 locals turned out to greet the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, who met business owners grumbling that footfall had plunged after the attack.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2018
• Retailers can no longer rely solely on traditional sales periods to drive footfall and revenue.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
• This strategy not only drives footfall but also fuels social media buzz, as shoppers showcase their finds online, further amplifying the brand’s reach.
  — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025