How to Use foothold in a Sentence

foothold

noun

• The army gained a foothold on the island.
• The company has secured a foothold in the market.
• But that could change if a union gains a House foothold.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 July 2022
• That silence allowed the virus to gain a foothold and spread around the world.
  — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• But in a match that came down to big serves and short points, that was enough of a foothold.
  — Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• There was no place that life could even get a tiny foothold.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2022
• The surfer knew that someone new to this cove wouldn’t know the spots to climb, the places where crevices make footholds.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• The deal, then, is a poor way to deprive China of a foothold in the kingdom.
  — Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
• Now, there are signs that trust is finding a new foothold.
  — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
• Google and Amazon have both struggled to gain a foothold in it.
  — Katharine Gemmell, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
• And there’s still time to stop this outbreak and keep the virus from gaining a foothold in new places.
  — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 7 June 2022
• Then place a foothold trap somewhere at the entrance to that opening.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• How might a labor union somehow gain a foothold in that firm?
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• For now, the Denver office will serve as Foley Hoag’s foothold in the West.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2023
• Now the video game retailer is trying to gain a foothold.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
• The records in the case suggest that Israel’s far right is gaining a new foothold in the United States.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
• But the company has managed to gain a foothold with younger men as well.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
• The private sector, too, is stepping up to gain a foothold.
  — Andrew Moreau, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2022
• Overseed in the fall to regrow bare patches where weeds can get a foothold.
  — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
• Now, the video game retailer is trying to gain a foothold.
  — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 1 July 2024
• Because the attacker just is trying to use that as a foothold to get in and then from there off to the races.
  — Cio, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Each team is stuck in the worst stretch of their young seasons, with both clubs trying to regain a foothold.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
• And now, the emergence of a local foothold in the growing space industry.
  — Emre Kelly, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
• Until four years ago, the company barely had a foothold in the city.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• That most of these shows aired on networks without a foothold is not a surprise.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022
• Trump’s instincts were right: MAGA has found a strong foothold here.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
• The plan is to take its foothold in Norway and expand globally.
  — Callum McLennan, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• But the sport is gaining a foothold, or at least a toehold, in Mexico.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• And at the center of it all, on the sport’s biggest stage, is a literal mom-and-pop shop that, less than a decade and a half ago, was struggling to find a foothold in football as anything but a joke.
  — Alex Prewitt, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
• Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict for years, with more than 100 armed groups vying for a foothold in the mineral-rich area near the border with Rwanda.
  — Ruth Alonga, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024