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Example sentences for "light step"

  • And away she went, with a light step, down the stairs, and out by a side door.

  • After making a sign of caution and intelligence to the latter, he approached slowly from behind, with a light step, that might give him an opportunity of overhearing any secret that should unwittingly fall from either of the seamen.

  • Still it would seem that thought was an unwonted, or an unwelcome tenant of his mind; for, switching his boot with his little riding whip, he entered the principal street of the place with a light step and a wandering eye.

  • The countess passed by her lord with a light step, and escaped.

  • It was on that night Bella had said to him, "Why, you have got a light step and a heavy step, Cousin Antony.

  • Robin, however, bade them a courteous farewell; but he had hardly reached the outskirts of the village, when he heard a light step, and felt a light hand press upon his shoulder.

  • I flew to her dwelling, with a light heart and a light step.

  • His vigorous constitution quickly threw off the effects of the terrible experience; but three long days and nights wore themselves out before Millicent's light step sounded on the stairs.

  • At this moment a light step sounded on the piazza.

  • She walked with a quick, light step to the edge of the piazza, and raising one hand to shade her eyes from the rays of the setting sun, stood looking out across the wide garden.

  • She paused then for a moment or two at the door of the drawing-room, struggled with and overcame her agitation, and then went in with a face cleared, a light step, and a cheerful air.

  • I walked along to the end of the first street with a light step, turned into the second, and was just entering the third, when I saw a figure some thirty or forty paces before me, standing in a corner as if waiting for some one.

  • Iola sprang up the steps again with a light step, and twined her arm in that of her cousin.

  • Approaching with a light step, through a number of rose bushes, which were planted in front of the house, the young man knocked hard at the door with his knuckles; and in a moment after it was opened, and he went in.

  • Just at that moment Constance entered the hall with a light step, and a more cheerful look than usual.

  • He had sat there twenty minutes when there was a light step in the hall, and Madam Carroll entered.

  • She left the room with her usual quick, light step.

  • She came straight to him, with her quick, light step.

  • Dick heard a light step in the passage and he wheeled quickly.

  • Only a light step, and yet it filled him with suspicion and alarm.

  • The evening was well advanced when he was quite sure that he heard a light step in the hall.

  • The elastic, light step of an Indian was gone, and in its place he was compelled to toil his tardy way over the ground, inch by inch.

  • With a light step, and lighter heart, he returned to the centre of the cave, and took the place he had left, where he could command a view of the opening next the river.

  • A quick, light step ran up the walk, the door opened noisily, and a man rushed in.

  • Then she had gone with a quick, light step; now she went slowly, like one grown old.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "light step" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    diamond bracelet; field batteries; form column; found sufficient; light battery; light blue; light breeze from the; light cavalry; light divine; light grey; light ground; light hair; light infantry; light land; light matter; light railway; light will; light window; light wood; lighted candle; lighted lamp; lighted match; lighted torch; lighter shade; lightning rods; peace should