A few minutes later he heard the sound of shuffling footsteps upon creaking boards.

I heard shuffling footsteps; then Phillip walked into the room.

But presently I heard shuffling footsteps, then voices from below, finally the opening of the bedroom door.

He heard shuffling footsteps down the hall, and a thought-almost too late!

After a moment he heard shuffling footsteps, and the door opened inward.

His shuffling footsteps stumbled over every rock in the lair.

You could hear sometimes the shuffling footsteps of some fellow wanderer.

There was the distinct sound of those shuffling footsteps again.

There were shuffling footsteps to one side and a man slid into view carrying a shotgun.

Then the cry came again, and with it the sound of shuffling footsteps.