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Meanings of stealthy footstep in English

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Usage of stealthy footstep in English
1
An unfamiliar sound had caught her ear, a sound like a stealthy footstep.
The Fighting Shepherdess
2
Whilst he waited and watched, Carl's stealthy footstep sounded behind him.
Cruel Barbara Allen / From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volu...
3
Still that stealthy footstep till the approach of that unknown.
The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake; Or, the Hermit of Fern Island
4
While deep in her smiling reverie, a stealthy footstep distinctly sounded outside her door.
Idle Hour Stories
5
Scarcely were the words out of my mouth when I heard a stealthy footstep approaching.
A Tale of Three Lions
6
They were aroused from their dismal reverie by hearing a stealthy footstep approaching the door.
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen ...
7
This time he thought he heard a stealthy footstep.
Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon; Or, The Longest Shots on Record
8
While I lay perfectly still, and trying to sleep, a man's stealthy footstep passed my door.
A Woman who went to Alaska
9
A stealthy footstep, those scuffed cowboy boots?
A Winter Haunting
10
That something was a stealthy footstep.
The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, The Mystery of Brig...
11
No quiet, stealthy footstep this time, but a clatter of several approaching men which there was no mistaking.
Across the Spanish Main: A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen ...
12
Every now and then a board cracked in the corridor outside the room, as though beneath a stealthy footstep.
The Broken Road
13
He had not walked far when he was startled by hearing, as he fancied, a stealthy footstep following him.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
14
I could see a light through the chink of the door in the landing below, and heard a stealthy footstep.
Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life
15
It was the opening and shutting of the door behind her, and then a quick, stealthy footstep across the room.
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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The shot-bag slid over the carpet on the landing above with a sound remarkably like that of a stealthy footstep.
The Uttermost Farthing: A Savant's Vendetta
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