Vocabulary is a writer’s best friend.  Mine is sadly lacking.  (My grammar is worse, but my vocab list is pretty short.)

So! Here’s a word to think about today, maybe use it somewhere if it’s useful.

“The cadence of her footsteps on the marble flooring heralded trouble on the way.”

Cadence: noun
1)
a :  a rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language.
b :  the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity

2)
a :  a falling inflection of the voice
b :  a concluding and usually falling strain; specifically :  a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion.