Stepped

Examples

• I stepped out into the rain and the carriage started. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Mr. Huskisson, one of the members of Parliament for Liverpool, and a warm friend and supporter of Stephenson and the railroad, had stepped from his coach, and was standing on the railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Merely that I consider you a dead bore, I added, as I stepped into the hackney coach and was followed by Julia. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The man holding the feet opened the door and stepped out. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Holmes stepped up to the window, closed it, and dropped the blinds. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Nevertheless, Mrs Plornish, with a pardonable vanity in that accomplishment of hers which made her all but Italian, stepped in as interpreter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He bowed again, stepped back a few paces, and withdrew his conscience from our society as politely as he had introduced it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I ejaculated, as a man stepped out of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He now stepped up to where Mr. Lorry and Mr. Darnay stood upon the pavement. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• With heart drawn fine, Gerald stepped into the hall, whose floor was of coloured tiles, went quickly and looked into the large, pleasant room. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He stepped back again to the door to say, Take care of Fanny, mother. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• We others stepped to the deck of the craft that had been sent to fetch us, and a moment later were upon the Xavarian. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He stepped swiftly forward and touched the Duke upon the shoulder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As they came up, still deep in the shadow of the pines, after dropping down from the high meadow into the wooden valley and climbing up it on a trail that paralleled the stream and then left it to gain, steeply, the top of a rim-rock formation, a man with a carbine stepped out from behind a tree. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There was a sound in that chamber, first of one who stepped quickly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then the boy stepped into the pilot house, touched a button and the boat sank amid swirling waters toward the bottom of the shaft. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• As she stepped towards him, he met her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The man stepped forward for a few paces, followed by the two friends and their legal adviser. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• My very next question might have cleared the matter up, but at that instant the door opened and a woman stepped into the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• It employed the principle of the stepped reckoner. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I pulled in the oars, took hold of an iron ring, stepped up on the wet stone and was in Switzerland. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Before the car I was in had started, a dapper little fellow--he would be called a dude at this day --stepped in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He stepped past and laid his hand upon the glossy neck of the thoroughbred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He stepped back from the keyhole; drew himself up to his full height; and looked from one to another of the three bystanders, in mute astonishment. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Just before nine o'clock Sherlock Holmes stepped briskly into the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Eustacia stepped upon the bank. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It had been stepped on and flattened. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His mistress quietly opened the glass door, and stepped out chirruping to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He hastily stepped to it, and opening it, said, Mr. Wilson, one word more. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Mr. Winkle stepped forward with an air of determination and resolution; and Mr. Tupman looked out from behind a tree. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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