| The flinty soil that accounts for those tinny hoofbeats in old Westerns crumbles under the weight of anything heavier than a soft-footed coyote. |
| You first hear gurgling water, presumably from Ainadamar's springs, then furious galloping patterns, which evoke the violent hoofbeats that the poet heard in his nightmares. |
| She heard hoofbeats behind her, and gooseflesh broke out all over her naked body. |
| He woke suddenly to shouted commands, drumming horses' hoofbeats, gunfire and screaming. |
| Off in the distance, he heard the thunder of hoofbeats, signalling a stampede. |
| They heard hoofbeats and turned to see several armed men riding at a gallop towards them. |
