Sentence examples for barely one step from inspiring English sources

The public has heard this mantra before, of course: from athletes on the decline; embattled chief executives looking for safe harbor; and politicians barely one step ahead of investigators.

But they are always barely one step ahead of pursuing coast guard cutters and policemen.

This isn't all bad – the Mishras get company and free dinners – but it also means they're barely one step up from being a freak show.

There is barely one step between the end of the bed and the cupboard and four steps between the window and the door, so after 14 weeks, his son is becoming frustrated with the confined space.

In "Pamela 2" and "Pamela 3," that queasy, barely acknowledged incident becomes just one step in their sadomasochistic tango, a flirtation that ends with the two cranky lovers in an overflowing bathtub, committing to love.

Just one step.

I picked my way across the camp with a flashlight so tiny it barely illuminated one step at a time.

IT professionals barely can stay one step ahead of devious cybercriminals, many of who are on the payroll of our adversaries.

I like watching women who clearly have a very practiced routine, barely pausing from one step to the next, fingers fishing through their pouch for the next item without even glancing down.

He could barely make it up the one step to get inside.

It was one step up from water: flat, weak, barely there.