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In the corner were two roofless latrines—one with the toilet and the other with a tap, bucket and footstool for bathing.—Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026 Antinous later shocked the other suitors by insulting and assaulting with a footstool an elderly beggar who had spoken to him in the palace hall.—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Mar. 2026 The entrepreneur began selling the Squatty Potty, a specialty footstool that helps assist in bowel movements by changing toilet posture, alongside his mother Judy in 2010.—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026 Then, there’s the floor lamp with a fringed, cheetah-print lampshade and the camo-meets-houndstooth upholstered footstools.—Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for footstool