Finally there was a creak from a chair, and the footsteps ceased.

I continued to play until his footsteps ceased as he came to a halt just behind me.

When opposite to my door the footsteps ceased.

But after a little while all footsteps ceased, and all sounds except the echoes from the seas outside.

Their footsteps had barely ceased to echo on the stone floor of the corridor outside when a fourth Lawgiver entered.

The footsteps ceased; then began again, very softly.

But when she came near the shadow of the ancient Christian chapel, the footsteps gradually ceased; they would not follow her on this ground.

Avery ran out into the corridor, but his footsteps ceased abruptly.

The footsteps ceased to move, and mentally Raglan gathered himself, preparing to leap to his feet.

The footsteps had ceased, but he didn't know if that meant the creature was standing and listening or whether it was creeping silently toward him.