Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having sore or tired feet, as from too much walking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the feet sore or tender, as from much walking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
sore feet , but perhaps also a certain sense of satisfaction, afterwalking orhiking too much.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having sore or tired feet
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Examples
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It was plain the notion of footsore penance had taken vigorous hold of his imagination and his love of adventure.
Kenny Leona Dalrymple
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We had not rested in almost twelve hours, had eaten very little, and were footsore and thirsty.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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We had not rested in almost twelve hours, had eaten very little, and were footsore and thirsty.
Field & Stream's Best Hunting Story Contest: Winners Announced 2009
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We had not rested in almost twelve hours, had eaten very little, and were footsore and thirsty.
Field & Stream's Best Hunting Story Contest: Winners Announced 2009
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So young was he that he quickly became footsore, and she carried him until Billy perched him on top of his pack and grumbled that Possum was chewing his back hair to a frazzle.
CHAPTER XII 2010
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There is always something about cricket at Scarborough that demands new vigour from a footsore Yorkshire side.
Andrew Gale puts wind in Yorkshire sails against Worcestershire 2011
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We had not rested in almost twelve hours, had eaten very little, and were footsore and thirsty.
New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009
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Legend by then had fructified Chapman (1774-1845), a footloose (and footsore) son of a Bunker Hill veteran, into a mythic, apple-spreading American nomad of the lonesome frontier.
A Pro-Growth Strategy Bill Kauffman 2011
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I walked for what seemed like miles, footsore and tired, and still had no idea where I was.
Once upon a life: Louise Doughty Louise Doughty 2010
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She returned to her hotel late that afternoon, footsore but energized and excited by all she had seen.
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