How to Use foothold in a Sentence

foothold

noun

• The army gained a foothold on the island.
• The company has secured a foothold in the market.
• And that allowed all of us to get a foothold.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
• Create footholds for bats to roost.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
• That’s something that can give him a foothold.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
• Yellow nutsedge may be the worst one that could gain a foothold.
  — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026
• But in a match that came down to big serves and short points, that was enough of a foothold.
  — Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
• Turkey did the same to gain a bigger foothold.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
• How might a labor union somehow gain a foothold in that firm?
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• But by the end of the day, the Allies had gained a foothold.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 June 2026
• Somehow, smoking gave them a foothold in the gut.
  — New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
• The mutant virus had long since gained a foothold and spread widely.
  — Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2021
• The rock looks completely sheer with nary a hand or foothold in sight.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
• Crowds came, sponsors signed on and the fest got a strong early foothold.
  — Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 26 May 2026
• That silence allowed the virus to gain a foothold and spread around the world.
  — Ian Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
• Either way, the league’s foothold there will remain for the long haul.
  — Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• One wrong foothold, one bobble, one slip, and he is destined to fall for a while.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
• Cigna did keep a foothold in the Medicare business in the sale.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
• Google and Amazon have both struggled to gain a foothold in it.
  — Katharine Gemmell, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2023
• But the company has managed to gain a foothold with younger men as well.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
• But his operas have struggled to gain a foothold in the repertoire.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2021
• Then place a foothold trap somewhere at the entrance to that opening.
  — Joseph Biebert, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• Overseed in the fall to regrow bare patches where weeds can get a foothold.
  — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
• Weed seeds land in decomposing mulch and find a foothold.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026
• That most of these shows aired on networks without a foothold is not a surprise.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2022
• And there’s still time to stop this outbreak and keep the virus from gaining a foothold in new places.
  — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 7 June 2022
• The surfer knew that someone new to this cove wouldn’t know the spots to climb, the places where crevices make footholds.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
• Getting a foothold on dry land Moving onto land was not easy.
  — Erin Potter, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
• Until four years ago, the company barely had a foothold in the city.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• Each team is stuck in the worst stretch of their young seasons, with both clubs trying to regain a foothold.
  — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022