I saw the ragged ranks wheel and manoeuvre, stepping out Briskly to the jolly drums and fifes.
But the indications were sufficient to mark the spot where we should enter the water; and, stepping with infinite precaution, we descended to the gravel.
I, too, had risen in surprise, stepping backward also, in order that the trees might screen me.
I heard Mr. Scott stepping quietly about his room for a few moments; then all was still.
These impulses, corresponding in number to the hundreds digit, will energize the vertical relay and cause it, in turn, to energize the vertical magnet, stepping up the selector shaft to the level corresponding to the hundred sought.
My wife's carriage was drawn up at the entrance--my wife herself was stepping into it.
Jack Pringle, suddenly stepping forward, and giving the doctor such a push, that he nearly went through one of the sides of the summer-house.
But if you will not take her, I know who would, most willingly," said Ernest, stepping forward.
For the first and the last time the sword protruded harmless from the monster's throat when the monk pressed the fatal stair, before stepping on it, with his iron bar.
As he listened for a repetition of the sound, he heard a sob, and looking cautiously up, discovered, by the moonlight, Antonina stepping cautiously along the marble pavement of the hall.
Then, drawing her half-fainting form closer to his side, looking up attentively to the ramparts, and stepping as noiselessly as though turf were beneath his feet, he entered the dusky rift with his helpless charge.
This done, he again listened, to assure himself that he had been unobserved; then, stepping with the utmost caution, he departed by the path that led round the slope of the Pincian Hill.
At this, Molly, stepping out of the carriage, squeezed her husband's hand.
He passed through the store-room behind the kitchen, stepping lightly lest he should rouse the ten or twelve babies that lay on the table or beneath it.
If they had omitted stepping inside that door, if they had dispensed with that third party, and gone away on Monday sacredly vowed to each other in their own hearts, you would have scarcely found their conduct moral.
Stepping up to his desk, he seized a piece of paper there, which he handed to his friend.
Yes, beautiful in the eyes of those to whom glory seems more precious than diamonds and pearls," he said, stepping to the table from which he took a small morocco casket.
Then stepping to the looking-glass, he closely scanned his face in order to see whether or not it might betray his thoughts; and when he had found it to be as pale and impassive as ever, he turned round and left the room.
Stepping into a bay window, he perused the letter with slow, deliberate glances.
Stepping back to the table, he fixed his eyes upon the document with the two signatures.
He was pacing his study with long steps, murmuring now and then some incoherent words, and then uneasily stepping to the window in order to survey the street cautiously from behind the curtain, and to observe the surging crowd below.
He had hastily placed his hat on his head and was now putting on his gloves with as grave an air as if they were gauntlets with which he was going to arm himself for the purpose of stepping out into the arena.
Josephine, glowing with excitement, had risen from her seat; stepping close up to Bonaparte, she encircled his neck with her beautiful arms, and laid her charming head on his shoulder.
It is not a sheep, General,' said I, stepping forward, and trying to hide the long ladle I was basting with.
Stepping cautiously through this chaotic heap, we reached a glass door, from within which the riotous sounds were most audibly issuing.
He is here, sir," said the page, stepping forward.
And stepping forward, he beckoned to one of the drummers to come near.
To all his flights she as resolutely enters a dissentient; and he never inflates his balloon of miracles without her stepping forward to punch a hole in it.
Stepping from the ladder, Bull's glance went, in spite of himself, to the table.
Then, stepping to the door, he saw the man run a few steps, fall, and roll over.
To give him due, Ramon was already stepping forward.
Stepping at a lively gait, they passed in half an hour under the patio gateway.
Renton, stepping in, after a pause, and shutting the door.
I resumed my downward way, and, stepping out upon the level of the railroad and drawing nearer to him, saw that he was a dark, sallow man, with a dark beard and rather heavy eyebrows.
And I never saw you looking better," said Quincy, stepping into the entry to meet them.
We came 'cross lots and were just stepping into the road when we espied you, and retreated, awaiting your departure.
The men waded across to the shore, stepping upon stones which now and then, at this point, were embedded in the sand, Mollie boldly following their example.
Stepping to his worn old desk, he unlocked and opened it, took from an inner compartment a small roll of bills, counted out twenty dollars, and handed it to Frost without a word.
Merritt's swift-stepping gray at the head of the column keeps us on our mettle to save our distance, and the horses answer gamely to the pressing knees of their riders.
They had escaped from Eastern cities but the week previous, had made the journey by rail to Cheyenne and Medicine Bow, and by stage or ambulance to Fetterman, were fresh and trim and neat as though stepping out for parade.
The gentleman declared to the presiding justice that he was chosen foreman, and stepping over the feet of each other, the jury again seated themselves in the two rows of high-backed chairs.
Hearing her steps, Nekhludoff, stepping on tip-toe and holding his breath, as though preparing to commit a crime, followed her into the room.
After walking twice around the corner of the house, and stepping several times into mud-pools, Nekhludoff returned to the window of the maid-servants' quarters.
Nekhludoff came down from the perron, and stepping over pools and the thin ice-covering formed on the snow, walked toward the window of the servants' quarters.
She was stepping into it when Mr. Griffith Hughes, the lawyer, saw her, and came up to speak.
He was stepping to his writing table, but he stopped abruptly.
For a few moments the elder man remained seated, gazing at him furtively, but at length he too rose, and, stepping softly to his companion, touched him on the shoulder.
The Indians were coming forward in a string, or what the trappers of that day called "Indian file," one stepping in the footprints of the brave ahead of him.
Wallace, steppingfrom the canoe; and, looking past the factor to a woman's figure on the high shore, waved his cap.
Then stepping into the thongs of his snow-shoes which stood in the snow beside the door, he hurried to the cache.
So she stood for a little, and then, stepping again outside, she unbarred and opened the shutters of the window.
Gentlemen," said Elmscott, stepping in with the politest bow, "will you allow two friends to join your repast?
Sympathy with human nature and an abounding sense of humor are the requisites for "side-stepping with Shorty.
Drew, stepping up to the prisoner after a sharp glance at Loris.
Tell them I'm stepping out and that you will stand guard.
Presently, the formal ring was broken, and each female stepping out singly, danced according to her individual fancy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stepping" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
