footfall

The Power Station studio is hushed; there is a barely audible footfall, then Dylan strikes a single piano key.

With the quick military tread came the frou-frou of silk and the footfall of slippered feet.

The dull thud of a footfall in the cell above hammers on my head with maddening regularity.

The regular footfall beats against my brain like hammer strokes.

The solitary footfall amid the silence reminds me of the timid haste of one crossing a graveyard at night.

Once a footfall passed the gate, and she shrank back into her corner; but the steps died away and left a profounder quiet.