How to Use footing in a Sentence

footing

noun

• He lost his footing and fell down the slope.
• Be careful. The footing is slippery there.
• But that changed once the Cornell forecheck found its footing in the DU zone.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• Burton tried to sneak for the first down, but lost his footing and was stopped short.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 4 Sep. 2022
• The woman had tried to step over a row of seats at the end of the show and lost her footing, a spokesperson for the venue said.
  — Marina Dias, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• Both teams are on equal footing as the Mavericks have been one of the best teams in the league since the All-Star break.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
• Carry at least two sources of light and watch your footing.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023
• The tunnel is dark, but the path is wide with good footing, so don’t be worried.
  — Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
• Through the six episodes sent to critics, the show seems to be on more comfortable footing.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2023
• Many more struggled to find their footing as the world reopened.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• The Dolphins were flying high for much of the season as the Bills struggled to find their footing.
  — Kenny Rosarion, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
• He, like thousands of others, was bused to the city and has since struggled to find his footing.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Reedy will be on equal footing in the state semifinals.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 4 June 2023
• New fire dangers put them at risk, and more frequent floods erode the big trees’ footing.
  — Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2024
• The tires are stacked in a running bond like bricks and do not require concrete footing since the tires are so wide and durable.
  — Maria Marabito, Treehugger, 3 July 2023
• The tower toppled over, pulling its concrete footings out of the ground.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 17 May 2024
• The Hawks found their footing late in the first, scoring a pair of goals with a two-player advantage.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
• The Warriors need to find their footing, falling to 1-4 on the season, but they’ve only been swept once.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• The markets are raising the prospect that the two currencies might soon reach equal footing.
  — CBS News, 26 Sep. 2022
• The band had just started to find their footing in Dallas when the pandemic hit.
  — Cat Cardenas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
• Before the Rangers’ rotation lost its footing in July, the team’s bullpen was the talk of the town for not-so-great reasons.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
• The government was slow to find its footing in other ways.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
• Su noted that some of the city’s low-rise houses were still built on shallow footings.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• While the Nets and Bruins stumble and fumble around, the Celtics are finding their footing.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• Since ending that skid, the Heat has gone 15-10 to somewhat regain its footing.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• The aim is smooth launches that don’t set infants heads bobbling and make pets lose their footing.
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
• Venus was playing hard but just couldn't seem to get a footing to really take off.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 May 2024
• By late 2002, the band was on more steady footing and regrouped in the studio with new drummer Jason McGerr.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 18 Sep. 2023
• The child loses his footing before falling headfirst from the stands, which are roughly 10 feet above the ground.
  — Jamie Barton, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
• Now several years out from the bulk of those programs, the sector still seems to be on solid footing, McFee said.
  — Jesse Pound, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024