Sentence examples for Step into a role from inspiring English sources

But if that happens, she won't be the only one breaking a gender barrier: her husband Bill will step into a role no man has ever held before.

But it meant that even before her birth, Maria was required to step into a role that no one should ever be asked to fill.

The trips allowed him to escape from the shadow cast by his tumultuous youth and to step into a role that his grandfather played later in life, that of a human-rights activist.

For example, women who take on a 2-year-old child step into a role very different from that of women who care for a 12-year-old stepchild, and for all stepmothers the relationships evolve as the family becomes better established.

The trips, for conferences or Muslim pilgrimages, allowed him to escape his tabloid youth and to step into a role that Malcolm X also played later in life — that of an activist, shedding light on injustice and rallying for black causes worldwide.

Johnson: I was fortunate to step into a role which had many strong leaders in place, so I do have leaders for each of those teams.

Ms. Kelly similarly stepped into a role each time she put aside the saxophone to sing.

Tonight, Sean Combs steps into a role originated by Sidney Poitier in a made-for-TV movie version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 domestic drama "A Raisin in the Sun".

Mr. Watanabe, it seemed to many, was stepping into a role that may be new to him but is old to Japan: that of shadow shogun.

By Shauna Lyon August 12, 2008 Tonight, Sean Combs steps into a role originated by Sidney Poitier in a made-for-TV movie version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 domestic drama "A Raisin in the Sun".

— Shauna Lyon Tonight, Sean Combs steps into a role originated by Sidney Poitier in a made-for-TV movie version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 domestic drama "A Raisin in the Sun".