heavy tread
Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words
the sound of someone walking with heavy steps
Categories:
Examples (10)
- I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs.
- The old man's heavy tread echoed through the empty hallway.
- We recognized her heavy tread even before she entered the room.
- A heavy tread on the stairs announced the arrival of the landlord.
- His heavy tread shook the floorboards with every step.
- The guard's heavy tread could be heard long before he turned the corner.
- She tried to walk softly, but her naturally heavy tread betrayed her presence.
- With a heavy tread, the weary traveler approached the inn.
- The child was scared by the monster's imagined heavy tread.
- Even through the thick carpet, the detective could discern the suspect's heavy tread.