Examples of “foot” in a Sentence

noun The body part at the end of the leg that a person or animal stands and walks on.

• The hiker rested her sore foot on a rock after the long climb.
• She stubbed her foot on the coffee table.
• He tapped his foot impatiently while waiting.

noun A unit of length equal to twelve inches.

• The shelf is fixed about a foot above the kitchen sink.
• The ceiling is about ten feet high.
• He measured the plank and found it was just over a foot wide.

noun The lowest or bottom part of something.

• Please sign your name at the foot of the page.
• She left her slippers at the foot of the bed.
• They set up camp at the foot of the mountain.

verb To pay a bill, especially informally (as in "foot the bill").

• Who is going to foot the bill for the party?
• My employer agreed to foot the cost of the training course.
• His parents ended up footing the bill for the whole trip.