How To Use Step In A Sentence

He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
The doctor has said that I can start stepping down my medication in a few days' time.
A QianSheng, a horizontal resolution, Two steps, the two deputy colter.
A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view. Very Little Drops Dead
My stepfather was strict and didn't let us have friends in the house; he physically abused me but not sexually.

This relationship is also honest, but you keep it a bit more circumspect because you know this person is going to follow in your footsteps. Christianity Today
The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
· “Adult family member” is defined as “a person over 21 years of age who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the household, or legal guardian” of the pregnant teen. Archive 2009-07-01
He wears tee shirts and a designer stubble and is always two steps ahead of himself.
She was a slim blonde girl in her twenties who might have stepped out of a fashion advertisement in a women's magazine.
I'm sure there will be a generous amount of worthies stepping forward to parse every sentence, on the eternal quest for the definitive admission that it's over.
This approach can also help identify where non-value-added steps exist in the care delivery process and where bottlenecks occur.
But she insisted she was not tempted to follow in their footsteps. The Sun
I didn't move until I heard slow footsteps and peaked over the top of the gold to see Garren warily approaching the dragon, favoring his left leg.
The mobile service is designed to bring the marriage bureau to the doorstep of the customer.
Stephen Chu wants your children to live worse so that his children can live better — in the world he imagines is the correct one. Why scientists are under-represented in politics. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
As Locke and Jean stumbled to their feet, the door on the wall opposite the window slammed open, and in stepped a broad-shouldered man with the slablike muscles of a stevedore or a smith. Archive 2008-07-01
But their brief respite in the conditioned air of the shuttle made that first step outside a gasper. Cattle Town
The Waterford publicans, who have signified their intention to defy the ban, are following in the footsteps of their colleagues in Kerry, Cork, Donegal and Wexford.
At a minimum, the Bush administration had better step up its promotion of the economy's current sizzling performance.
Another step forward was the progressive declarations of invalidity extended to certain laws, decrees, and edicts issued in Stalin's time.
Once upon a time, 12 young men were turned into swans by their wicked stepmother. Times, Sunday Times
A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it. Stephen Richards
When I stepped back outside, the snow was continuing.
The shelter was quite a long way away, and there wouldn't be time to come back to the steps.
Yu Na is capable of stepping it up and staying on her game. In women's skating final, Asada, Kim in for long fight
He claimed that the school district stepped over the line with its affirmative action plan and that race was improperly used to discriminate against the white teacher.
Would you like to step up to the third floor?
Fr. Stephen celebrated fifty years as a priest recently and the occasion was marked by the concelebration of Mass in St. Patricks Church, Clonbur on last Friday evening.
The mud beneath my feet was soft and with every step, I sunk in to my ankle or deeper.
When both the chorus and the dancers are on the steps they cannot be told apart.
They were going to the pelican crossing, but stepped off the kerb because they were frightened by a dog on the pavement.
‘She's the first step to selling out the sport,’ one critic carped in an online discussion group.
From the rearmost area of the building, my mother stepped into the hallway. Arcane Circle
The Chancellor of the Exchequer appears to have carried the Cabinet in his opposition to such a step.
But when he stepped into it, his leg sank up to his knee, and he fell facefirst into a pool of water two feet deep. Rogue Wave
he won't step into his father's footsteps
Father eventually married her and she became my step-mother.
Ms. Thompson, whose city is wrangling with $288 million in incinerator debt, said seeking state help is only one step toward resolving Harrisburg's problems, and that "there are many difficult steps to come. Harrisburg Asks State for Relief
It beggars belief that the police would take this step. The Sun
As she enters her 40s with a new husband and two stepchildren, she isn't longing for the days of her youth and hopes other women aren't either.
To take the chain of speculation one step further, this suggests that the maxilla itself was originally a flat dermal plate of some kind, possibly homologous to the superognathal of placoderms.
Tomorrow night they will headline the venue - and take another step towards achieving their ambitions.
Homeowners with more space and money could go one step farther with a walk-in closet. Times, Sunday Times
As a developer, you will recognize these steps as the normal procedure to configure, compile, and install most applications from source code.
And the Bridal Show, for married women, seemed to do just that by focusing on the Indianess of contestants who were draped in variety of colourful sarees and mesmerizing gagra cholis that dazzled with every step.
Your stepson could have been left in a dysregulated state whereby he is primed to be constantly hypervigilant to threat and to respond. Times, Sunday Times
When she founded NYBDC in 1976, it was an academic discipline focused on reconstructing the steps of old dances, their names — among them the minuet and gavotte — familiar from the music of Bach and Handel. Stepping Through History
She slowly walks to the small open fireplace and carefully lights the incense and stands it in the ash. She steps back with her palms held in prayer and begins to chant.
Stephanie MacDonald-Taylor operates a company called Politically Speaking from her southwest Houston home.
At last she gave her familiar nicker and stepped closer so he could gently rub her neck.
Tell Transportation I want the largest vehicle they have with four-wheel drive, preferably a step-up maxi-van. CHAINS OF COMMAND
Nonetheless, the multistep process has worked well for several cholesterol drugs — including Lipitor and Zocor, which are in a class of drugs known as statins.
In 1934 he moved to Vancouver with his mother and stepfather. Times, Sunday Times
If it should be objected by any that though he did not himself burden them, yet, being crafty, he caught them with guile, that is, he sent those among them who pillaged them, and afterwards he shared with them in the profit: "This was not so," says the apostle; "I did not make a gain of you myself, nor by any of those whom I sent; nor did Titus, nor any others -- We walked by the same spirit and in the same steps. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Instead of letting life just tick over you're ready to set new goals and make a step-by-step action plan. The Sun
The next step was to get a big red magic marker.
In a way, you could say this thrill seeker is also following his father's adventuresome footsteps - his dad once maneuvered a motor boat from Venezuela to Miami.
Willoughby in outwearying: she asked herself how much she had gained by struggling: -- every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force, and rendered her less able to get the clear vision of her prospects, as though it had sunk her deeper: the contrary of her intention to make each further step confirm her liberty. Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
This bill is a good step in the Government's commitment towards greater energy efficiency and a sustainable energy future, and I look forward to its passage through the House.
Just shy of an hour after I got in, my manager came in and asked me to step into his office when I had a chance.
Step 2 Next, click on the down arrow to the right of the list box displaying the current style.
With a screeching halt, the driver stepped on the brake just in front of the run-down apartment building that Adrian now called home.
Kislev is a land of dark pine forests, snow-clad wilderness and wind-swept steppes.
I apologized to her for stepping on her foot.
But there is pressure for him to step aside now to clear the air of animosity that hangs over the agency.
Of course, she stepped on it, it made the dreaded 'crinkly' noise and she jerked-- her head catching in the loop of the bag. Poursuivre - French Word-A-Day
Saleh, a vital U.S. ally who has ruled Yemen for more than three decades, has pledged to step down when his term ends in 2013. Outside Yemen's capital, anger and grievances run deep
Just then the door opened and in stepped a wiry bearded man, who was mumbling to himself and skittering around cattishly.
This landmark and laudable legislative step would go a long way in women empowerment and gender equality.
Get step-by-step instructions for building a cross-compiler so that you can build and develop applications for an alternative platform.
Step6: With tray Cheng Fangling's random bottle container canister, get ready for the guest brush towel, the odour of more ameliorable toilet after beautiful sweet candle is ignited.
There are the chronically shod who would only dream of stepping out of their shoes in the shower or in bed.
Now guys can finally step into luxury with this pair of stylish thong sandals.
Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationships. Ansel Adams
The detained calculation methods and steps are introduced on technology of flangeless cylindrical part. It possesses much better applicability in production and teaching.
They expect him to step aside and make way for an old man.
And what can owners do to ensure the family pet takes each step in their stride? The Sun
For those who know nothing of the quick-step, the shake or the twist, there is a late night disco.
My largest contributor was my friend Anne Bartley, Governor Winthrop Rockefellers stepdaughter, who later ran the Arkansas office in Washington, D.C., when I was governor.
This much I can say, I will NEVER step foot in K2's "showroom" ever again. K2 Auto Group In Minneapolis Uses The "I Hate You, Get Out" Sales Method - The Consumerist
I've never had any desire to step into the limelight, so climbing on to the stage felt like mounting a scaffold.
I don't need their future stepmother telling me that they are excited about my wedding.
This multiplicity of perspectives is necessary to my critique of the masculinist models of critical pedagogy and is an important step toward a revised critical-feminist praxis.
My stepson is assaulted outside a night club by door staff, the plod arrive and, as he is the one unconcious on the floor, he’s knicked. Sonnex and Farmer – only a matter of time. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
If you truly love someone, you should be more interested in keeping them happy than in being right. Stephen Richards
Pettin's men surged up the steps at them, weapons flashing in the guttery light; Del's screaming, shrill as an angry hawk's, stabbed through Joanna's panic like the senseless sounds of nightmare. The Silicon Mage
Marriage certificates will be changed so that they include the occupations of the bride and groom's mothers, plus details of step-parents if applicable.
Stylelist. com The Rapunzel-locked lovelies on Nanette Lepore's Fall 2010 runway looked like they had stepped straight out of, enamoring seen-it-all fashion statement on the red carpet while honoring tradition at the same WN.com - Articles related to Chocoholics unite for Chocolate Week
Apparently, today's purveyors of pagan religions have sidestepped this question by changing the labels.
Whether she's in the office, at home or out to lunch, these chic cozies will keep her phone off the floor and out of danger from being stepped on.
For a moment she feared he would simply step over, grab her wrist, pull out the money.
It is a delicate task to choreograph the proceedings in such a way as to sidestep them.
The first step was to mask off an area around the metal cut-out, making sure that the spacing was even all the way around.
In theory, we were going to walk up the thousand steps, but neither of us could be bothered.
Then the Archbishop of Canterbury stepped forward, mitre and all, and called us, in sonorous tones, to prayer. ANTI-ICE
Dick Brewer had taken refuge behind a thirty-inch sawlog near the mill, just one hundred and forty steps from the window near which this fierce little fighting man was lying, wounded to death. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado
The critical step is for clinicians to be willing to enter the arena and to participate.
His boots creaked at every step, his starched uniform crackled and a sourish smell of sweat and leather became noticeable. Autumn
And someone of considerable power and prestige like himtaking a career-ruiningride on the "anti-lobby" haywagon is the FIRST STEP in getting our government back .... Obama's First Big Mistake on the Job: Rescuing Sen. Joe Lieberman
Brown, a captivating and mysterious Midwesterner whose intimate slices of life are as heart-achingly beautiful as she is, will begrudgingly let listeners step into her secret hiding place filled with honest-to-goodness words and music about the human condition. Michael Bialas: Why Pieta Brown Digs the Music of Dylan, Dire Straits and her Dad
We always knew twelve-stepping was the best substitute for booze.
Giving money to charity in your will is another handy way to sidestep the taxman. Times, Sunday Times
After this first step is taken, further refinement of specific goals comes more easily. Christianity Today
Another timid miscreant, just before he is sent off to prison, has so far stepped out of reality and into legend that he asks to be known hereafter as ‘The Lonesome Kid’.
Reforestation is an essential step toward restoring forest areas damaged by wildfire.
A multi-cyclone dust separator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises at least three dust separation units for separating dust stepwise from relatively larger size.
When Glenn McGrath ricked his ankle while stepping on a stray cherry in Australia's pre-match warm-up, the façade of fear that had been erected during the Lord's debacle was torn down in an instant.
While the Dvorksy essay on "curing" fundamentalism that Stephen links to is well-intentioned George says of the fundamentalists that he wants to "return to them free will, rationality and self-respect" in order to help give their lives "meaning and purpose", I tend to share Stephen's concerns about this kind of memetic engineering. The Speculist: The Danger of "Memetic Engineering"
It introduces its structure, proposes network protocol stack model, the composing of a home gateway and the application design of remote control. Finally, it points out the next step work.
People were staying at home, sitting out on their front steps, hoping for a cooling breeze. MR STARLIGHT
When Sampras was taking his first steps to greatness, he had a small gang of hopefuls dogging his footsteps.
I was roped to Jim, but it was of no use; my feet were paralyzed and slipped on the bare rock, and he said it was useless to try to go that way, and we retraced our steps.
He kicked my ankles up the steps, my legs not wanting to operate. A DARKENING STAIN
When you're that kind of player, it must be so fun to play against no-marks who fall for every stepover, trick, flick and shimmy.
Plans to turn a town centre into an alcohol-free zone have taken a giant step forward.
I frequently see women at my gym take two spinning or step classes in a row.
And when euery manne hath throwen his darte, or shotte his arrowe: whilest the beast is troubled and amased with the stripes, thei steppe in to her and slea her. The Fardle of Facions, conteining the aunciente maners, customes and lawes, of the peoples enhabiting the two partes of the earth, called Affricke and Asie
It has stunning views down the River Necker and was on the doorstep of easily accessible attractions.
Delia's stepmother is dealing with strange perplexities of her own.
When her great-Aunt (an Evil Stepmother) dies, Estelle is under suspicion by the authorities and hopes to be cleared by a member of the Static Society. REVIEW: Extraordinary Engines edited by Nick Gevers
This is the first time that the use of dressed stone masonry is made, a major step in the evolution of building construction.
As someone standing on the doorstep looking for a good reason to enter the 'club', swatter is now gone. Sound Politics: King County GOP election results
Geometrical Theory of Diffraction is a fundamental algorithm in electromagnetic radiating and scattering, and programming is a key step for its application.
Five steps up the dirt path, my trachea crumpled, my vertebrae fused, and the small muscles in my back revolted and spasmed.
We are privileged to have internationally important fish stocks on our doorstep, including salmon in the River Kent, and rare species such as char and schelly in the nearby lakes.
Your mix of logic and intuition keeps you a step ahead in the working world. The Sun
The film shows the same patience as the artist, carefully and without comment depicting his step-by-step preparations and techniques as he tries to capture the quince tree and the light shooting through its leaves.
If you've got one of its skunky previous DVD editions, it's time to turn that turkey into a Christmas tree ornament and take a step up in quality.
Broad flights of steps descended directly into the azure water.
The crowd stepped aside to make way for the procession.
Best wishes and sincere congratulations on your graduation.May this special day be the commencement of the continued series of upward steps to further success.
Let these wives first step into the pyre, tearless without any affliction and well adorned.
He thought every thing was to be feared from the present state of the affair, and proposed revealing at once all he knew of it to Mr. Tyrold: but Camilla desired him to take no step till she had again expostulated with her sister, who might else be seriously hurt or offended. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
In 1998, just before then President Suharto stepped down, unrest and arson destroyed or damaged hundreds of properties belonging to ethnic Chinese in Solo.
Taking that idea a step further, we envisioned a ticker tape effect repeating a message spelled out in pixelated type. Mosaic Tiles : A Fresh Bathroom Look
David Eckstein blooped a leadoff single and scored from first on a double to right-center by Wilson, who began his career with the Mets in 1998 and is the stepson of former New York outfielder Mookie Wilson. Weaver, Pujols lead Cardinals to verge of pennant
It fastens to your chest and not only records your heart rate information, but gives you a step-by-step instruction on what to do.
He doesn't say a word, merely nodding in acknowledgement of Stephen's greeting.
The girl cast another glance behind, took a deep breath and stepped forward.
‘The first and most important step is to make policies to provide better fuels before we look for alternative fuels,’ he said, suggesting the consumption of leaded gasoline be reduced.
And, with global warming only getting worse, with us fighting wars over oil, etc., they should be stepping up production of greener vehicles, not making bigger SUVs and the hated Hummers.
One step advanced beyond this, Jerry's uttermost, the folk of Somo, from the contemplation of death, had achieved concepts of the spirits of the dead still living in immaterial and supersensuous realms. Chapter 15
In many respects, the development of international human rights is an example of the principle of subsidiarity - the international community only steps in when the State cannot or will not deal with the problem.
Suddenly she heard footsteps and voices; some one was coming along the path towards the beehouse. The Party
The group claims the airlines neglected their duty of care by failing to take adequate steps to prevent passengers developing economy class syndrome.
In a recent paper, Dr. Dial and a graduate student, Brandon E. Jackson, presented a novel idea about how some dinosaurs used their proto-wings — a possible step in the evolution of flight.
Draft after draft was relegated to the wastepaper basket.
The intricate, filigree footwork - very occasionally embellished with a few ballet steps such as an entrechat - is, on its own terms, both fascinating and exciting.
While she waited on the step May thought about Maurice's mother looking at Southport's slug-like sea with mean, jaundiced eyes. PROSPECT HILL
Companies will pledge to reduce salt by about 15% in a step towards the government target of an adult's daily intake not exceeding six grams. Times, Sunday Times
The method ultimately includes the step of cinching the band about the joint.
She waved at Stephen who came over at high speed once he spotted the tape recorder. JUST BETWEEN US
Certainly not establishing any huge steps forward for the aeronautical field, the specification called for a robust aircraft that could operate from the catapults being carried by the battleships and cruisers of the day.
I'm the slightly more wussy guy who is one step away from dislocating his neck due to headbanging, and Adam's the big kickboxing man into happy hardcore dance
One hint could have been that his nomination brought immediate praise from both industry groups and Congressional republicans) and the topper of them all Bush sicophant Stephen Johnson (who famously sided with Buah and big industry in hampering states from enforcing higher greenhouse emmision standards and stifling his own Depts requests and reports on environmental problems). Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 8, 2010
Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
The family bathroom has a green suite comprising a bath, pedestal hand basin, toilet and step-in shower.
With a sigh, I take a few steps around the deck and look homeward, towards the town.
This paper presented a new adaptive variable step size LMS algorithm, which controls step size according to the correlation of the gradient change of filter coefficients.
Stephen draws a parallel between someone who would spy while pretending to be a friend, and what Matthew did to Absalom.
About to be disinherited from the family fortune, Stephen returns to home after a long estrangement and it happens to be the night his father is shot to death. The Inheritance by Simon Tolkien: Book summary
But the unpalatable fact is that we do live in a different world and we have to take appropriate steps.
Wade stepped inside and closed the inner door behind him.
You have made the first step on the pathless path. Deepak Chopra: Walking the Pathless Path: Do We Need to Travel to Have a Spiritual Journey?
Cambrai might rely upon advancement to a cardinalship, and steps were taken, but without any good result, to bring about that event. Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
When he left, AEW took the unusual step of outsourcing to Tristan the management of two funds that Mr. Lewis had been running at AEW. U.K. Property Deal Puts Focus on Secondary Markets
I scuffed the heel of my boot on the step.
The first step in processing the typesetting tape was to find the mapping between the typesetting codes and the special characters.
So, in an effort to unite the party, Stephen Douglas offered to withdraw. James Buchanan got his votes and the nomination.
The cloud systems I am interested in exploring acknowledge this legacy but also situate themselves one step closer to an interest in the particles themselves. Carla Leitao: Cloud Architecture
I could still smell him in the laundry, hear his footstep, and run my hands over tools he'd touched every day.
Whatever it was, another one stepped into the clearing, which was by now aglow with the light of both ethereal beings.
Although AT&T is touting its lead in postpaid smartphone subscribers, the carrier is just now taking steps to gain a better foothold in the prepaid market, an area where rivals have a head start. AT&T Reshapes Itself As a Smartphone Carrier
A trivial reason explaining how both step sizes can be the same, is that the labeled calmodulin is bound to the catalytic domain.
I also need a hammer and nails, picture hooks and the step ladder.
And it sounds like Jim and his wife, by not using the term stepfamily, that can be a very beneficial thing because they weren't putting labels on individuals, and therefore, they were removing the expectation that naturally comes with those labels. NPR Topics: News
The sound of a car stopping outside the hotel drew me to the window as the waitress left me, and I was in time to see an old gentleman with a long white beard step from the interior of a Daimler landaulette, the door of which was held open by a dignified chauffeur, whose attire seemed to consist mainly of brass buttons. The Best British Short Stories of 1922
The armsman stepped aside at the top of the steps off the porch. Ordermaster
The building exploits the drama of this interlocked matrix of mass and light as stepped ramps zigzag through the atrium, revealing the sheer concrete wall and the great tottering stack of galleries.
I have to confess, this is not my first case of doorstepping. Times, Sunday Times
When Petrino left, whether the next guy would consider U of L a steppingstone was a major concern. Undefined
He came to believe that working people, poor people, put down and stepped upon, had to organize if they were going to clean up the slums, fight the corruption that exploited them, and get a handhold on the first rung of the ladder up and out. Bill Moyers: Saul Alinsky, Who?
Step 1: For starters, you will need a few common tools that are more than likely already sitting around the garage, such as a socket wrench set, a C-clamp, a flathead screwdriver, an Allen wrench set, and an ATV stand or lift. How to Replace the Brakes on a Utility ATV
The dog hurt one of its pad when it stepped upon a thorny path.
In this case, air stripping precedes a conventional biological process, while carbon adsorption is used as a final polishing step.
Stephen Kane is ex-Director of the Institute for Advanced Health Research, which pioneered new bioenergetic techniques for overcoming allergy-related illnesses and their associated chronic infections and environmental stresses.
At the vertex is a medical student named Karlanner (played by Stephen Barker Turner), a kind of emblematic conflicted "good German" - leftishly inclined, living with the Jewish girlfriend who rescued him from alcoholism. A Lost Voice Surfaces From A Sinister Interlude
`Have you taken any steps to corroborate this supposition? DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION
There's the continued rise of bassline and dubstep, the coming-of-age orphans of drum'n'bass. Times, Sunday Times
To the undiscerning eye, this place might seem to have a serenely majestic air, but Harun can feel the underlying tension with every step.
But people are taking steps beyond moving cows or horses out of harms way.
Even so, they wallow in the lifelessness of the mood of despair and they make no effort to step out of their lethargy.
I heard footsteps coming up the stair.
Yes, Stephen had all the symptoms, what the doctors called the "diathesis," or look of consumption: nearly transparent skin, through which blue veins could be seen ticking, and a haggard face and a cavernous, wheezing chest. ‘Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel’
Stephen carries an ashplant cane that becomes an ersatz version of Siegfried's sword: STEPHEN: AH NON, PAR EXEMPLE! As a wagoner would his mudheeldy wheesindonk
The stitch in her side was growing more and more painful with each step.
As a first step toward dealing with he problem, management decides to compute the annual cost to the company of this 30 percent turnover. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
Strangely, having run his fastest to get to her, Hyacinth seemed almost reluctant to knock at the door, or enter without knocking, and while he was hesitating on the doorstone her singing ceased, and she came out to see whose fleet footsteps had stirred the small stones of the pathway. The Hermit of Eyton Forest
The Boer never rides his horse at the trot, but at a quick walk or canter, and a step peculiar to the country and called ‘trippling’, or, as we should style it, ambling.

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