Sentence examples for kept one foot from inspiring English sources
It's as though while we've kept one foot on the gas, another has taken up residence on the brake.
She was flushed, and she kept one foot on the rim of the enormous pot as she worked.
Simpson's humor has been linked to Robert Benchley and W. C. Fields, but Benchley and Fields always kept one foot on the ground.
Some have made moves but still kept one foot on the ground, or have been unable to bring others with them.
Meanwhile, Rivkin kept one foot in politics, working on John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.
Mr. Collins, who was born and raised in Philadelphia, said that he kept "one foot in the New York art world" during the last eight years by holding on to his Brooklyn apartment; he now lives in Manhattan.
But clubs agree on the way to enforce a walking pace - players are required to keep one foot on the ground at all times.
In 1961, the International Lawn Tennis Federation abandoned the requirement that servers keep one foot on the ground.
Jews must keep one foot "on the ground, and the other way up in the sky".
Race walkers must keep one foot on the ground at all times.
While standing to perform ordinary tasks like ironing or folding laundry, keep one foot on a small step stool.
