There was a pause; then Murphy touched his cap and stepped back quietly, nodding to Mount, who shuffled forward, pushing the prisoner and darting a venomous glance at me.
I stepped back of the rows of chairs to where Sir Lupus sat in his great arm-chair by the doorway; and in another moment Cecile and Ruyven came up, the latter polite but scarcely pleased to be torn away from his first inamorata.
Then a company of gentlemen issued from the dining-hall, and, as I stepped back to the porch to give them room, their gray faces were turned to me with meaningless smiles or blank inquiry.
He raised himself then, stepped back, and called out sharply in the Taal: "Wie is daar?
He stepped back, and the still out-stretched, quivering hands dropped nervelessly at her sides.
Finally he stepped back, cracked a solemn smile, and remarked, "You do look rather odd!
Then he stepped backlike an artist who is proud of having made a good job of bad materials.
I stepped back in the water and rubbed myself more.
He stepped back a little way and reached where the stones were piled-up roughly, partially filling up the rift, and by using care he was able to descend from block to block, with the water keeping up its musical tinkle far below.
He stepped back to join his friends in the chamber, and then, seeing how they were occupied, he stepped out on to the remains of the terrace, to stand there examining the openings in the cliff-face opposite.
He shook hands again, solemnly, with Mr. Tappan, stepped back, and joined her.
She opened the door into the other room, started in, stepped back.
So do you," was the unexpected retort given by Hazen, as he stepped back to rejoin his associates.
DEO'S ROOM A prey to fresh agitation, he stepped back to Anitra's side.
A man was standing on the threshold, a ghastly figure before which Ransom involuntarily stepped back.
I stepped back into an alcove, lest, perchance, she look behind, and aimlessly I straggled out into the gardens as best I might.
My antagonist stood entirely upon the defensive; I stepped back a pace and we rested at ease.
He would not hear to it; I saw the color slowly leave his face; his thin lips curled back and showed his teeth, until, fearing a serious outbreak, I stepped back as if I would lay aside the foil.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stepped back" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
