brisk footstep
Frequency: 5.53.8 per million words
refers to the sound of someone walking quickly and energetically
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Examples (20)
- I heard his brisk footsteps in the hallway as he rushed to the meeting.
- From the lobby, brisk footsteps echoed down the marble corridor.
- The manager's brisk footsteps announced her arrival long before she entered the room.
- I heard brisk footsteps approaching the office door.
- The sound of brisk footsteps on the frozen pavement echoed in the morning air.
- Her brisk footsteps were already receding by the time we looked up.
- A brisk footstep behind me made me turn around, but it was just a jogger passing by.
- Brisk footsteps crunched on the frosty gravel as dawn broke.
- We knew the postman was coming by the sound of his familiar, brisk footsteps on the path.
- A burst of brisk footsteps sounded on the stairs.
- He walked with a brisk footstep, a clear sign of his military background.
- You could tell from his brisk footsteps that he was in a rush.
- The nurse's brisk footsteps were a constant, reassuring sound in the quiet hospital ward.
- There were brisk footsteps behind me, then silence.
- Soon, the silence will be broken by the brisk footsteps of commuters heading home.
- In the library’s hush, brisk footsteps broke the quiet for a moment.
- Her brisk footsteps matched the energetic rhythm of the city.
- By noon, the corridor was alive with brisk footsteps coming and going.
- Unlike the slow shuffle of the others, his brisk footstep was full of life and purpose.
- Had it not been for the brisk footsteps, no one would have noticed her arrival.