I heard footsteps behind me.

Meaning: I used my ears to perceive the sound made by someone walking at or to the back of myself.

Choice of Words: Footsteps are the sound made by someone walking. Behind means at or to the back of someone or something. Me is used to refer to yourself.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The children chased each other, their footsteps light on the grass.
• Footsteps echoed down the hall.
• The footsteps echoed through the empty hallway.
• Their footsteps echoed through the stadium as they marched onto the field.
• Her tiny footsteps echoed softly in the hallway.
• Giant's footsteps left deep craters in earth.
• Leaves crunch, footsteps sound.
• The sound of my footsteps echoes through the woods.
• Footsteps echoed in tunnel.
• Footsteps neared, then passed.