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Example sentences for "stepping back"

  • Priscilla went to the door and Constance opened it for her, stepping back to let the bride precede her.

  • Fire away, then," said his friend, stepping back a pace.

  • In stepping back to avoid the blow the lad trod on Dumps's paw, and instantly there came from the throat of that excellent dog a roar of anguish that caused Poker to leap, as the cook expressed it, nearly out of his own skin.

  • And the man with the broom stepping back, disclosed Ellen to the view of the red-faced landlord.

  • One day, in stepping back from a window, whence she had been watching the flight of a flock of birds, her foot became entangled in the carpet, and she fell.

  • This the monk opened, and, stepping back, signed to Melac to advance.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stepping back" 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:
    apostolical succession; black granite; burnt clay; electric force; general chase; generally made; geometrical figures; literary club; lunatic asylums; narrow path; passed them; sacred stone; several small; stepping back; stepping forward; successfully grown; take heed; that room; though this; three acts; three shillings; went quickly; will seek