Underfoot has 3 syllables and the stress is on the third syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | I'll kill you! Knock your block off and grind you underfoot! You shithead! Die! | |
| 2. | The ground is parched and cracked, the tinder-dry grass crackles underfoot, and rain is desperately needed in our region. | |
| 3. | Hikers were warned to be careful because the trail was uneven underfoot and had tree roots growing on it. | |
| 4. | Even though it hadn't rained for several days, the ground was still quite wet underfoot. | |
| 5. | This carpet feels nice underfoot. | |
| 6. | Each had a separate employ — in sharpening the pruning hooks, in suspending the mill-stone for pounding the grapes, after they had been trodden underfoot, or in preparing dry osiers, stripped of their bark, which were to serve as torches, so that the must might be drawn off during the night. |