FEET in a Sentence

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For FEET, below is one of 132 sentences:
And he had not been awake more than ten minutes when he heard feet running along the corridor and Mary was at the door.

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 Meanings and Examples of FEET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
feet
 n.  plural of FOOT
Classic Sentence: (92 in 7 pages)
1  She was glad that there was grass under her feet and that her steps made no sounds.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  However, she soon made out that she was in the pool of tears which she had wept when she was nine feet high.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II. The Pool of Tears
3  She ran back to the house as quickly as her feet would carry her.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  Just then she heard feet almost running down the corridor and her door opened and the nurse came in.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  And he had not been awake more than ten minutes when he heard feet running along the corridor and Mary was at the door.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  It seemed as if he could not take his eyes from thin straight Colin standing on his feet with his head thrown back.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  "I'm going to walk to that tree," he said, pointing to one a few feet away from him.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
8  If the doctor knew he'd found out he could stand on his feet he'd likely write and tell Mester Craven.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
9  He thought he sprang to his feet not even startled.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
10  Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  They sprang to their feet and hurried to the shore toward the town.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
12  She tried to go away, but her feet were treacherous, and carried her to the group instead.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
13  Huck was sitting on the gunwale of a flatboat, listlessly dangling his feet in the water and looking very melancholy.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
14  This main avenue was not more than eight or ten feet wide.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
15  As soon as we lost the sound of their feet we quit chasing, and went down and stirred up the constables.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
Example Sentence: (40 in 3 pages)
16  In the dream my feet leave the ground and I start to float upwards.
17  Rob is still finding his feet as a coach.
18  Getting your feet wet disposes you to catching cold.
19  Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth.
20  I'm five feet three inches tall.
21  The smaller lake ranges from five to fourteen feet in depth.
22  The boat measured fifteen feet in length and four feet in breadth.
23  Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
24  Wipe your feet on the mat before you come inside.
25  My feet sank into the soft ground.
26  At six feet, he towers over his mother.
27  Her hands and feet were tied and a gag placed over her mouth.
28  Alexei rose to his feet with a single effortless movement.
29  He rose to his feet in one swift movement.
30  He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.