Sentence examples for step upon from inspiring English sources
Aḥmad's first step upon his arrival in Egypt was to eliminate possible rivals.
Murkowski's first step upon returning to Washington will be to lobby to retain her post as the ranking Republican on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In a solo that combines delicacy with angular precision, Ms. Lovette showed a clarity of intention and a musicality that imprinted every step upon the eye.
Thus, we skip over Tom's first step upon the fateful isle, and, as for the seascapes, the camera glances at the graceful wash of the waves and moves on, not daring to linger.
My dear Jane, are you sure you did not wet your feet?—It was but a drop or two, but I am so afraid:—but Mr. Frank Churchill was so extremely and there was a mat to step upon—I shall never forget his extreme politeness".
In the liner notes for "Impressions of 'A Patch of Blue,' Francis Davis, who has written for this magazine, described Dickerson's unusual technique: Dickerson's first step upon buying a new pair of mallets is to strip away their fur; he then soaks the exposed rubber tips in a mineral solution to get a sound he describes as "plush," though paradoxically, it is also hard.
And that is why I took several steps upon taking office to better protect the American people.
A troupe of schoolchildren clomped past, with one of the students, a girl, reciting every name that they stepped upon.
One day he discovers that there is a tar pit on his grounds, which if stepped upon, causes the victim to drown.
Only one of us could get into some shops, like Balducci's, so the other waited on the sidewalk, back to a building, trying not to be stepped upon by the hustling masses, yearning to spend free.
Consider, for example, Annabella's thoughts as she walks the snow-covered grounds of a country estate, weighing the greater influence that will come to her through marriage to Byron: "A layer of white brought out the irregularities in the ground, in the gravel and grass — a thin crust like toast, she thought to herself absurdly, as she stepped upon it.
