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Example sentences for "step forward"

  • Richmond took a step forward; but ere he reached the verge of the tent Stanley himself appeared.

  • Iola took a step forward, and put her face to the grate.

  • She rose when the king entered, and took a step forward in front of her attendants, while Richard hastened on at a quicker pace, and taking her hand courteously, pressed his lips upon it; after which he led her back to her chair.

  • She half made a step forward, and then caught at a chair standing close by, as if to save herself from falling.

  • Half mechanically the young man stood aside, but as Lilias was about to pass him he again made a step forward.

  • Without a word Eve took a step forward, and, standing quite close to him, laid both hands on his shoulders.

  • For a space Chilcote stood in the doorway staring at him; then his lips parted and he took a step forward.

  • Taking a step forward, he laid his fingers on the lapel of Loder's coat.

  • Her eyes brightened; she took a step forward.

  • Ralph Woodhall took a step forward; it fell upon some of the withered leaves of the last year, and the sound startled her.

  • But that young man was taking a step forward, and the old one tried to hold him back in vain.

  • Advancing a few paces, he held out a folded paper to Sir Edgar; and the latter, making a step forward, took it from him, and drew it open.

  • He took a step forward, his face a mask of bitterness.

  • McCrae took a step forward, and for a moment it seemed as though he were at last about to break the bonds of his reserve.

  • Chiltern took a step forward, and his fingers tightened.

  • The girl looked down, smoothing her ribbon, Gaspard took a step forward, and other young women near us tittered with delight.

  • We have taken a step forward, at any rate, when we know that it is difficult," he said.

  • In my eagerness to escape the gaze of all those eyes, and the tittering which was audible behind me, I took a step forward to be in readiness to follow him.

  • With a swift movement, his mind made up, he took a step forward.

  • But when she turned to go, I took a step forward so as to bar her way.

  • The man's face grew hard and drawn, and it was as if the little weak good left in him was making a desperate struggle against the bad and being crushed, when Dick took a step forward.

  • He made a step forward, but stopped short, as she turned and vanished through the window.

  • He was about to step forward, when an interruption occurred.

  • The Prince made a step forward as though to gather the shrinking figure in his arms.

  • There was menace in his tone as he took a step forward.

  • St. John gave an inquiring look, and made a step forward.

  • She made a step forward, and the water washed against her feet; she clasped her hands together and gazed forward, scarcely seeing anything for her agitation.

  • Every position gained is a step forward; it is accepted as such, and so is justified.

  • It is a step forward to bring men together on points of agreement, but men come thus together not without a certain amount of suspicion.

  • He stopped as Jonah took a step forward, his fists clenched, transformed in a moment into Jonah the larrikin, king of the Cardigan Street Push.

  • It was nearly dark, and she felt for the railing, but the weight of her body sent an atrocious pain through her leg, and to ease it she took a step forward to put her weight on the other.

  • As Prendergast dropped Ada on the couch, she took a step forward.

  • Colonel exclaimed eagerly, as he moved a step forward.

  • Richard, thrusting his hand into his breast, for his visitor had taken a step forward.

  • She was about to step forward, when, unseen by him, she caught a glimpse of her son's countenance, as he watched the vicar.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "step forward" 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:
    anxious desire; are also; dead silence; different years; each separate; future wife; make arrangements; members were; moral teaching; party dress; permanent peace; perpetual exile; recent months; safe custody; step backward; step down; step forward; step nearer; step over; step toward; step towards; stepped forward; steps leading; steps shall; steps were; virgin forest