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Example sentences for "footpad"

Lexicographically close words:
footling; footman; footmark; footmarks; footmen; footpads; footpath; footpaths; footplate; footprint
  1. Quantitative experiments on wounds of the footpad of dogs showed that cotarnin invariably increased the bleeding.

  2. Abel, on the footpad of cats, were found to be quite unreliable.

  3. It is a falsehood," roared the footpad who had attacked our hero.

  4. Jerry received a savage blow on the chest and struck out in return, hitting the footpad in the chin.

  5. The footpad and the resurrectionist now persuaded Dick to go to another tavern, where they opened the way for his apparently extemporaneous performances, and where they raised good sums for him.

  6. Punch by introducing the pleasing possibility of a greater tragedy, by the footpad asking the youth to buy a razor; and Captain Howard the following spring makes the ruffian inquire if he may accompany his victim "to hear the nightingale.

  7. That gentleman is none other than Beau Brocade, the most noted footpad and most consummate thief that ever haunted Brassing Moor.

  8. The lowest footpad who haunts the Moor has the right to shoot me like a mad dog.

  9. The end of the encounter was that one footpad was left for dead, and the other took to his heels.

  10. Whether a footpad or not, I will not pretend to say; but he had every appearance of it.

  11. Inwardly he was welcoming the footpad to the contents of his wallet and accepting the bop on the bean as the price to pay for an introduction to the girl.

  12. Any footpad would look for a more wealthy client.

  13. All predicated upon the fact that a footpad belted me and swiped my wallet?

  14. Behind the humble footpad stands the Captain: behind the Captain stands the thief-taker: behind the thief-taker stands the money-lender himself unseen.

  15. I found he always carried them about with him: and then I thought there was no way for it but to hire a footpad to rob him.

  16. Have out my horse in two minutes, you rascal, or I’ll footpad you!

  17. What, man, have you turned footpad that you steal out in this fashion and wearing a cloak?

  18. As the fleeing footpad turned the corner of Fiftieth Street and First Avenue he plunged headlong into the outspread arms of Policeman Otto Stein, who subdued him after a brief struggle.

  19. The footpad theory they accepted therefore at once.

  20. The footpad took no further notice of him, until he had completed the binding of the bundle.

  21. In less than an hour the ex-footpad was transformed into a postman; and, mounted upon the stolen steed of the King's courier, was making his way along the main road that runs between the city of London and the city of Colleges.

  22. And with these injunctions the ex-footpad separated from the deer-stealer--the latter turning off upon the lane which led to the village of Denham; while the former continued along the direct road towards the town of Uxbridge.

  23. Saying this, the ex-footpad glided through the gap; and, striking off among the trees, soon disappeared behind their close standing trunks.

  24. After passing out of the hut, the footpad hastened to take his departure from the spot.

  25. The footpad stood for some minutes in a reflecting attitude.

  26. When the horseman, emerging from under the arcade of the trees, rode out into the open ground, and the moonlight fell upon him and his horse, the footpad was slightly taken by surprise.

  27. The moon was shining full upon the track; and in the dust, which the rain had recently converted into mud, the ex-footpad did not fail to perceive a number of footprints.

  28. Holtspur now recognised the laughing voice to be that of Gregory Garth; though why the ex-footpad was giving utterance to such jovial cachinnations, he could not even conjecture.

  29. Your common footpad rascal who seeketh for that which will buy him bread would peradventure have cast it into the fire, not guessing at its import.

  30. Here be Master Oglander, bleeding and well-nigh dead of a great sword-cut given him by a thief of a footpad but a few minutes since.

  31. Tom was sorry that the fellow had now been forewarned that his identity as the spy and footpad was known to Tom and his friends.

  32. Chapter II Trouble Starts The fact that he was stopped by a footpad smote Tom Swift's mind as not a particularly surprising adventure.

  33. He, too, was quite sure that no common footpad had engineered their daring attack.

  34. His position on horseback beside the carriage would, he felt, be a more romantic one, and he half-hoped that some enterprising footpad would give him a chance of displaying his pluck and his devotion.

  35. It is a falsehood,” roared the footpad who had attacked our hero.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "footpad" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.