Then he heard light, brisk footsteps approaching along the balcony.

And here was his colleague, probably, as he heard brisk footsteps from across the road, and a muffled goodnight.

She called out my name, her footsteps loud and brisk along the tile floor in the autopsy suite.

Robinson's brisk footsteps closed with his; he knew he was just postponing the inevitable.

Ten minutes or so passed, and there was a sound of brisk, businesslike footsteps approaching.

From somewhere in front of them came footsteps, brisk and inexorable.

At the sound of brisk footsteps in the corridor, the nurse and the Hardys left the room.

Then footsteps, soft but brisk, were coming down a hall.

They were approaching the front entrance when Angela heard brisk footsteps rapidly gaining on them.

She stopped, turning quickly at the sound of brisk footsteps, then she hurried across the foyer, high heels clicking on the shiny floor.